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"Emerging" Countries Seek Faster Climate Redistribution
July 14, 2017
Reuters reports that, in the lead-up to US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a group of "emerging nations" led by the largest global carbon emitter China called on the US and other industrialized countries to bear more of the brunt of funding climate-friendly technologies in developing countries.
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OSCE Pursues Climate Agenda in Kazakhstan
July 14, 2017
Demonstrating the expansion of the security-oriented Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) into the field of regional climate cooperation, the OSCE recently launched a series of workshops in Kazakhstan on "the application of green technology in rural areas."
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World Bank Uses "Open Data" Model to Pursue Energy Goals
July 14, 2017
The World Bank and its partners have launched an online platform called "ENERGYDATA.INFO" that makes publicly available a vast trove of data on energy systems around the world in pursuit of the achievement of ambitious sustainable energy targets embedded in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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NGOs Criticize Funding for "Extreme Fossil Fuels"
July 14, 2017
A group of environmental organizations has released a report warning that bank funding of "extreme fossil fuel" projects, such as coal mining and “dirty oil” extraction, will push greenhouse gas emissions beyond what is required under the obligations of the Paris Climate Accord.
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Study Seeks to Show Progress of UNESCO's "Global Citizenship" Initiative
July 14, 2017
Lionel Bellier of the consultancy GlobeScan reports that a recent international public opinion study commissioned by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) purports to show that most people in the world now identify as "global citizens," as opposed to national citizens, giving a boost to the prospects of the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.