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UN Agent Pushes Human-Rights Obligations in Climate Deal
December 28, 2015
Asserting that all countries at the recent UN climate talks in Paris have an obligation to protect the "vast range of human rights" under threat through global warming, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox called on these countries to honor their human-rights treaty commitments with strong pledges to counter climate change in the pact.
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UN Announces 2016 Follow-up to Climate Conference
December 28, 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that a broad group of organizations will host a "Climate Action 2016" conference in Washington, DC, to survey actions on pledges made in the recent Paris UN climate deal and to pressure countries to do more to counter global warming.
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UN Launches Host of Initiatives to Counter Global Warming
December 28, 2015
During the recent UN climate talks in Paris, the international organization and its agencies launched several initiatives aimed at countering climate change or containing its effects, including an effort to aid people who are at risk due to the catastrophic weather effects of global warming and "communiqué" that aims to reduce fossil-fuel subsidies.
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UN Guidance Criticizes "Politicization" of Refugee Crisis
December 22, 2015
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR") has issued a report guiding countries how to maintain security while admitting large flows of refugees and calling for governments to "de-dramatize" and "de-politicize" such security challenges in order to prevent what one UNHCR official warned was growing "xenophobia and vilification" directed toward refugees.
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UN Warns of Climate-Caused Food Disasters
December 22, 2015
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization ("FAO") has warned that climate change is causing a number of natural catastrophes that are posing a threat to the food supply in developing countries and calls for increased investments in efforts to limit global warming to increase food security.
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