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Countries Meet to Agree UN Climate Rules
December 01, 2016
At the opening of the UN's recent climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, where national and international officials negotiated rules under which they would implement the Paris climate deal and fund poor countries for climate "adaptation" efforts, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other UN officials called for more ambition among world leaders to counter global warming.
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WEF Experts Seek "Values" in Tech Products
December 01, 2016
At the first meeting of its elite Network of Global Future Councils in Dubai, hundreds of nongovernmental, business, government, and international organization representatives convened by the World Economic Forum discussed how technology companies must embed "values," such as health and education, in their products to avoid widening economic disparities.
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Essay Outlines Multi-Tiered OECD Role in Global Governance
November 30, 2016
An essay by former Director of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ron Gass explores the broad and multi-tiered role - from international to local policy - he envisions for the OECD in the future of global governance and implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Uses Urban Initiatives to Advance Climate Agenda
November 30, 2016
Officials participating in the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, highlighted transnational urban initiatives, such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and a tool launched at the conference that observers will use to monitor cities' climate "adaptation commitments," established to fulfill the UN's "sustainability" agenda.
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UN Seeks National Laws on Resources in Conflicts
November 30, 2016
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has published an article outlining efforts by UN bodies, led by the Environment Assembly and the International Law Commission, to push governments to implement national policies protecting natural resources in the event of "conflict situations."
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