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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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EU Seeks Strengthened Global Governance of Oceans
November 11, 2016
The European Commission and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have adopted a Joint Communication calling for "improving international ocean governance frameworks," in line with the UN's sustainable development agenda, in part to tackle climate change, marine litter, and illegal fishing.
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NGOs Criticize Energy Companies' Climate Fund
November 11, 2016
The Guardian reports that a group of nongovernmental organizations are criticizing as "a drop in the ocean" a $1 billion fund recently launched by ten large energy companies that will seek to prevent natural gas leaks and capture carbon emissions in order to limit the impacts of global warming.
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