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Dire UN Report Aims to Push Action on Climate Change
June 07, 2016
The UN's Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments, published ahead of the recent UN Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, warns of various ways in which the global environment is deteriorating faster than previously expected and calls for urgent "climate-resilient" choices to counter these trends.
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NATO Plans Intelligence Chief Post
June 06, 2016
The Hill reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is paving the way for the creation of the position of Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, which would facilitate the analysis and sharing of intelligence on threats to treaty members, with a focus on terrorist threats from groups like the Islamic State.
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UNESCO Encourages "Sexuality Education" Commitments
June 06, 2016
A representative from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization recently spoke at a conference in Copenhagen on the importance of governments fulfilling their commitments to including "comprehensive sexuality education" in their schools' curricula.
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UN Official Lauds "Social Justice" of SDGs, Climate Deal
June 06, 2016
In remarks at a conference in Bulgaria, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Irina Bokova asserted that the key aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate deal are to advance human rights and serve as drivers of "social inclusion and justice."
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France Plans Carbon Tax Rules in Wake of UN Deal
June 06, 2016
The Guardian reports that, in an effort to fulfill its obligations under a UN deal agreed in Paris last year, the French Government is planning to include a minimum tax of €30 per ton of carbon emissions in its finance bill for 2017.
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