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UN Launches Hub on Biodiversity Impacts of Trade
February 22, 2019
The UN Environment Programme and a UK research fund recently launched a five-year project called the "Trade, Development and the Environment Hub" to research the impacts of international trade on biodiversity and make recommendations on how future trade deals can comply with the UN’s “sustainability” agenda.
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OECD Calls on Turkey to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
February 22, 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published an Environmental Performance Review calling on the Turkish government to ramp up investments in renewable energy and to remove tax and other incentives for the use of fossil fuels in line with the UN’s Paris climate agreement.
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NGOs Push for Gender Reporting in Extractives Industry
February 22, 2019
The nongovernmental coalition Publish What You Pay has called on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a transparency standard for governments and the oil, gas, and mining industry, to require more information on gender disparities in extractives reporting.
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UK Lawmakers Seek Tax Incentives for “Sustainable” Fashion
February 22, 2019
The UK House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee has published a report calling on the British government to introduce tax penalties on fashion companies that fail to address the environmental impacts of their products, among several other social and environmental priorities.
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Facebook Pledges Opening of Political Ads to External Analysis
February 22, 2019
Facebook has responded to pressure from campaign groups by promising to open its online platform to external analysis of the ways in which it allows users to target political advertising in the EU.
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