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UN, Germany Launch SDG Action Campaign Center
January 02, 2017
The UN and the German government have announced the launch of the Global Campaign Center of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaign in Bonn, Germany, as a hub aimed at driving popular support for the UN's comprehensive SDG agenda in Europe.
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UNESCO Body Creates Roadmap on SDG Education
January 02, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Education 2030 Steering Committee has produced a two-year roadmap setting out how regional and global leaders should push national policymakers to include education on the importance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in school systems around the world.
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UNESCO Seeks "Gender Mainstreaming" in Schools
January 02, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on best practices for national policymakers to promote "gender mainstreaming" in schools, including by focusing on "gender-responsive teacher training and professional development."
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South Korea Sets up Framework for UN Climate Pledges
January 02, 2017
The South Korean government has produced a "pangovernmental comprehensive framework" on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the country, including inspections every five years to measure emissions progress, in line with the government's commitments under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015.
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IMF Board Considers Role in Climate Finance
December 30, 2016
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently considered a staff paper discussing what role the IMF should play, in line with the climate change agenda of the World Bank and other international organizations, in financing projects to reduce the future, catastrophic impacts of global warming in small countries.
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