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UNESCO Promotes Climate Curricula in Schools
November 30, 2016
During the proceedings of the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a set of guidelines for policymakers around the world to use their education systems to promote the UN's sustainable development and climate change agenda.
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Returned UK Funds Show "Climate Finance" Complications
November 30, 2016
The Guardian reports that the shutdown of a World Bank "Climate Change Resilience Fund" for Bangladesh, and the resulting return of £13 million to the UK, over a dispute with the Bangladeshi government regarding how the funds would be used reflects a revolt by the poor country opposing donor oversight of how it uses such "climate finance."
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UN Seeks Hundreds of Billions for Climate "Adaptation"
November 29, 2016
At the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the UN Environment Programme called on developed countries to triple by 2030 the $100 billion commitment they made to poor countries during last year's Paris climate talks to help them adapt to future global warming impacts, and to quintuple these commitments by 2050.
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OSCE Highlights Points of "Weakness" in US Election
November 29, 2016
While they credited the recent US elections as largely "well-run," OSCE monitors criticized "intolerant discourse" during the campaign, called voter identification laws "unnecessary obstacles for voters," claimed a lack of nationwide voting standards as a "weakness," and warned of voting restrictions for convicted felons and residents of certain jurisdictions.
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World Bank Scales up MENA Climate Finance
November 29, 2016
The World Bank has announced the launch of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Action Plan, under which it will seek to double its financing of "climate action" over the next four years by supporting projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support adaptability to global warming impacts in the MENA region.
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