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UN Agency Warns of Climate Impacts on Farming
October 24, 2016
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has published a report calling for policymakers around the world to provide for the "rapid transformation" of agricultural systems to reduce poverty while combating the catastrophic effects of global warming.
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Mayors Set up "Global Parliament" on Urban Challenges
October 24, 2016
Reuters reports that, prior to the UN's "Habitat III" conference in Ecuador, approximately 60 mayors from cities around the world have agreed to create what they call a "global parliament" to decide policy solutions to issues facing urban areas, including economic inequality, migration, affordable housing, and the impacts of climate change.
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BRICS Explores Establishment of Credit-Rating Agency
October 24, 2016
Complaining of low sovereign credit scores by US-based rating agencies, officials from the BRICS group of countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - have pledged to explore the establishment of a BRICS credit-rating agency, built "on the principles of fairness and equity," to advance the group's efforts in the global governance of finance.
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French Companies Sign Global Disability Charter
October 24, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization has announced that two major French companies, Engie and Société Générale, have joined its Global Business & Disability Network by pledging to adhere to a set of global principles on equal treatment of and preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities.
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NGO Seeks More Business Action on "Sustainability"
October 24, 2016
Pointing to data provided by its global business network in its 2016 State of Sustainable Business, the nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility has called for companies to step up their efforts in fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to broaden their work in reducing "sustainability" risks in their supply chains.
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