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Researcher Calls for Third-Party Monitoring of Carbon Offsets
November 11, 2016
Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that a researcher at Stanford University has called for an independent mechanism to monitor carbon offset schemes used by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of their pledges under the UN climate agreement that went into force in early November.
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India Seeks "Sustainable Lifestyle" Climate Policies
November 11, 2016
The Indian Government has announced that it will push to include in actions agreed at the UN's COP22 climate change conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, policies promoting a "sustainable lifestyle" based on "need-based consumption" around the world.
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World Bank Directs Billions Toward Climate Finance
November 11, 2016
The World Bank has outlined its efforts, as part of its Climate Change Action Plan adopted in April, to direct billions of dollars in development finance toward renewable energy and other projects in poor countries to help achieve government pledges under the UN climate deal that went into force earlier this month.
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UN Official Pushes COP22 Action on Rights Reporting
November 11, 2016
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called on governments at the COP22 conference on countering global warming in Marrakesh, Morocco, to integrate the human rights agenda in their climate commitments and provide for reporting on human rights impacts as part of the monitoring mechanism under the UN's Paris climate agreement.
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UN Agent Calls for "Equality Bodies" to Combat Racism
November 11, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, has called on governments to develop "national specialized bodies and national action plans" to address racial discrimination and xenophobia in areas of life including "employment, housing, education, the justice system, law enforcement and access to different goods and services."
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