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UN Launches Study of Global Warming "Cap"
April 25, 2016
Reuters reports that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has launched a study to determine the feasibility of limiting global warming to an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal set out in a global UN climate agreement signed by governments in New York last week.
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UN Pushes Implementation of Climate Agenda in Africa
April 22, 2016
At the recent African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, an initiative affiliated with the UN Environment Programme and held in Cairo, government ministers from Africa agreed to speed along their implementation of the UN's climate change and sustainable development agendas in preparation for the UN Environment Assembly in May.
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World Bank Chief Warns Against Coal Projects
April 22, 2016
At a press conference where he identified climate change, mass migration, and a potential global pandemic as the three major threats to the world economy, the website Climate Home reports that World Bank President Jim Yong Kim warned that new coal-fired power plants could counter the efforts by countries to mitigate climate change under the UN climate deal.
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Coalition Works Toward Global Mechanism on Carbon Taxation
April 22, 2016
At its first High Level Assembly in Washington, DC, the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, launched during the 2015 UN climate talks in Paris, began monitoring the progress of a global system imposing a tax on carbon emissions and collaborating with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses to support this system.
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UN Chief Seeks Trillions in Funding for SDGs
April 21, 2016
At a recent UN forum on development finance in New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the mobilization of trillions of dollars annually, using the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on development as a "starting point," to fund the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") for the year 2030.
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