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World Bank Hosts Climate Finance "Innovation" Meeting
August 03, 2017
In May, the World Bank Group partnered with the governments of Spain and Germany to host an "Innovate4Climate Finance and Markets Week" in Barcelona gathering representatives from the public and private sectors to discuss how to push more investments toward projects whose aim is to mitigate the impacts of global warming.
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Tokyo Olympics Organizers Agree to ILO Labor Standards
August 03, 2017
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the organizing committee for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have signed a partnership agreement under which the organizers of the Games will ensure that their suppliers and contractors follow global standards for "socially responsible labour practices" in preparing for the event.
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Businesses Pledge Carbon "Pricing" at Coalition Meeting
August 03, 2017
At a recent High Level Assembly of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition convened by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), business leaders made pledges to help fulfill the global agenda on combating climate change by factoring into their operations and investments the perceived cost of greenhouse gas emissions.
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UN Forestry Advice Aids SDG Alignment
August 03, 2017
New guidelines from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization press national governments to develop a "strong mechanism" for monitoring their forest resources to fight global warming and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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WHO Promotes Breastfeeding as Key to SDGs
August 03, 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on national governments to increase investment in breastfeeding promotion programs in part to reach the targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to nutrition, disease prevention, and cognitive development.
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