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US Entities Bind Themselves to UN Climate Goals
August 10, 2017
Reuters reports that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has submitted a statement on behalf of "over 1,000 U.S. governors, mayors, businesses, universities and others" to the UN declaring their intention to pursue the greenhouse gas emissions goals of the Paris climate deal in the absence of US federal action and report their progress to UN agencies.
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Gennarini: UN's Paris Deal Undermines Democracy
August 10, 2017
Stefano Gennarini of the Center for Family and Human Rights argues that the UN's Paris climate deal is an example of "bureaucracy run amuck to the point of undermining democratic rule and the people’s sovereignty."
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Haley: Dictators Use UNHRC to "Whitewash Brutality"
August 10, 2017
In June, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley published an op-ed in which she calls on the UN to "reclaim the legitimacy" of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which she indicates has become merely a "showcase for dictatorships that use their membership to whitewash brutality," in part by introducing competitive voting in the body.
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Bolton: UN Climate Deal Ramps up Global Governance
August 10, 2017
In an interview published in June, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton explains the global governance ambition and corresponding "reduction of national sovereignty" involved in the "voluntary" Paris climate accord, welcoming the prospective decision of the White House to remove the US from the agreement.
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Lawyer: Rights Obligations Underlie Climate Deal
August 10, 2017
Just prior to US President Donald Trump's move to withdraw the US from the UN's 2015 Paris climate deal, German lawyer and philosopher Felix Ekardt opined that, despite the nonbinding nature of the climate agreement, the President's move to withdraw would violate the country's human rights-based obligations to combat global warming.
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