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Germany Maintains "Sustainability" Agenda at G20
February 28, 2017
An article in Deutsche Welle illustrates how Germany's focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the 2015 UN climate deal at a recent summit organized for Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers in Bonn signals the country's commitment to maintaining the G20's focus on the global "sustainability" agenda while it holds the organization's rotating presidency.
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IMF Touts Redistributionist, Environmental Agenda
February 28, 2017
In response to a recent article asserting that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not "walk the talk" on reducing economic inequality, the IMF has published a defense outlining how its programs on redistributing income, increasing social spending, and combating global warming are aimed at reducing economic inequality around the world.
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World Bank Issues Rankings on "Sustainable" Energy
February 28, 2017
The World Bank has published a report entitled Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy that ranks 111 countries on how well their renewable energy regulations and policies in a bid to pressure governments to do more to implement the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Rights Office Launches $253 Million Funding Appeal
February 27, 2017
Citing increased "xenophobia and calls for racial and religious discrimination," the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has launched a global appeal for $253 million in "extra-budgetary funds" to advance the global human rights agenda as well as the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) around the world.
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UN Targets Children with Cartoon Campaign on SDGs
February 27, 2017
PR Newswire reports that the UN is launching a campaign using the children's cartoon characters the Smurfs to teach young people to support and comply with the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to achieve a "happier, more peaceful," and "equitable" world by the year 2030.
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