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UNGA Chief Prioritizes Anti-Plastics Action
January 03, 2019
In December, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa launched a Campaign Against Plastic Pollution pushing countries to begin phasing out the production of “single-use plastics” including water bottles as a “priority” during her one-year term.
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UN Agency Calls for “Transformation” of World Food System
January 03, 2019
In December, Director-General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva called for the “international community” to prompt a “transformative change in our food systems” to ensure proper nutrition around the world and a reduction in obesity.
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UN Committee Points to Expansion of “Climate Finance”
January 03, 2019
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Standing Committee on Finance recently found an ongoing expansion of “climate finance,” aimed at fulfilling the goals of the UN’s Paris climate accord, though UN officials warned that the financing of the environmental agenda needed to increase rapidly to achieve the UN’s environmental agenda.
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“Green” Banks Mobilize Funding for Environmental Agenda
January 03, 2019
The Green Bank Network, a membership group of banks dedicated to funding projects that fulfill global environmental goals, has touted recent transactions of its members that they expect will mobilize $41 billion toward “green” infrastructure projects.
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UN Migrant Compact Seeks Tighter Business Regulation
January 02, 2019
A statement from a group of UN human rights mandate holders reveals the potential impact of the recently agreed UN migration accord on businesses, emphasizing the inclusion of language in the agreement requiring effective regulation of companies to ensure they do not commit human rights abuses against migrants.
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