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World Bank Boosts Climate Funding Levels
October 16, 2015
The World Bank Group has announced that it is seeking to boost its funding for climate change-related projects to $29 billion annually by 2020, raising its contributions to such efforts from 21 percent to 28 percent of its total funding.
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UN Official Warns UK on Bill of Rights Move
October 16, 2015
Prior to the UK's releasing its plan for replacing its Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has warned such a move would be "damaging for victims and human rights protection."
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UN Calls for Global Governance of "Sustainable" Finance
October 14, 2015
A report from the UN Environment Programme calls on governments to enact measures, such as disclosure requirements, to push their finance industries to support the UN's "sustainable development" agenda and seeks a "global governance structure" that focuses on sustainability issues.
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UN Report Links Eating Beef with Climate Harm
October 14, 2015
A new study from the UN Environment Programme labels beef as a "climate harmful meat" due to greenhouse gas emissions related to raising cattle and the production of the meat.
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Asian Trade Deal Faces Skeptical US Congress
October 14, 2015
Professor Daniel Drezner of Tufts University writes that recent comments by US legislators indicate that the recently agreed US-Pacific trade deal faces a tough battle for passage in Congress.