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Environment & Health

 The United Nations is actively pursuing an agenda of global regulation in the areas of economic and social rights, particularly as they pertain to environmental rights and the right to health. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) facilitate the development of networks for the promotion and protection of these rights. The UN relies on a Matrix of Human Rights Governance Networks to create and manage the global regulation of environmental rights and the right to health. The ten human rights governance networks comprising the Matrix work in successive stages: the advocacy networks generate the idea for an emerging right; the research networks conduct research to support the right; the policy networks design policy; the standards-setting networks adopt the right as standard; the interpretive networks determine the nature and scope of the right; the explanatory networks explain the right; the implementation networks promotes legislation to protect the right; the assessment networks encourage respect for the right; the enforcement networks penalize the violators; and the funding networks help sustain one or more of the human rights governance networks comprising the Matrix.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

WIPO Contemplates IP Global Governance Framework
The World Intellectual Property Organization is considering a six-year strategic plan that promotes a development-focused global IP system.

NGOs Seek UN Governance of U.S. Intellectual Property Trade Agreements
by Jim Kelly
Groups emphasize an ambiguous human rights agenda to the detriment of future scientific research and national sovereignty.

UN Task Force Ignores Member States to Globally Govern Access to Medicines
by Jim Kelly

Researchers Prove Lack of Transparency and Accountability in Global Governance
by Jim Kelly

WIPO Committee Pursues Global Governance of Inventions Using Genetic Resources
by Jim Kelly
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SUSTAINABILITY

IUCN to Monitor Shell-Cosan Biofuel Project
The International Union for Conservation of Nature announced that it will monitor a joint "biofuels from sugarcane" project between Shell and sugar giant Cosan to "ensure that the impact of these operations on local communities and nature are minimised."

FEATURE ARTICLE: Report Details Reforms for UN Climate Change Panel
Reforms, if followed, could restore the IPCC's lost credibility and provide more accurate assessments of climate change.

AI Questions UNEP Conclusion on Causes of Oil Spills in Nigeria
Amnesty International is frustrated by the UN Environmental Program's conclusion that the primary causes of oil spills in Nigeria were sabotage and criminal activity, not oil company equipment failure.

UNEP Calls for "Greening" of Humanitarian Efforts
A new Resource Centre for Mainstreaming Environment into Humanitarian Action explains how to integrate environmental considerations into humanitarian action.

New Power Station in Scotland is Receiving Global Opposition
The WWF shows that people from 100 countries have objected to the plans for a new coal-fired power station in Ayrshire, Scotland.