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UN Meeting Explores Governance of Marine Ecosystems
January 05, 2017
The recent meeting of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission considered how the global governance of transboundary "Large Marine Ecosystems" can help advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to "end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all by the year 2030."
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EU, UN Sign Agreement on Ocean Governance
January 05, 2017
The UN Environment Programme and the European Commission have signed an agreement to bolster their cooperation on global governance of the oceans with the aim of fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals by reducing ocean pollution, overfishing, and the impacts of climate change.
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UN Advances SDGs Through Regional Agreement
January 05, 2017
The UN Environment Programme has signed an updated memorandum of understanding with the Secretariat of the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States on advancing the implementation of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change agenda in these world regions.
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Lowry: US Must Withdraw Funding from UN
January 04, 2017
Asserting that the resolution on Israeli settlements is merely the latest "disappointment" in the dysfunctional 70-year history of the international organization, Rich Lowry writes in National Review that the US should withhold a significant portion of the UN's funding to force it to accept accountability and halt its "institutional hostility" toward Israel.
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Governments Commit to Global Biodiversity Targets
January 04, 2017
Governments participating in a recent UN summit in Cancun, Mexico, agreed to ramp up action to achieve the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets by the year 2020 and comprehensively integrate biodiversity considerations into their forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism industries.
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