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WEF Panel Seeks “Global Architecture” to Address Tech Progress
January 23, 2019
Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, business leaders outlined a potential new “global architecture” to control the impacts and ensure the “inclusiveness” of the technological transformation of the world’s economy they refer to as “Globalization 4.0.”
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New York Governor Launches Green New Deal Plan
January 21, 2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the state government’s launch of a version of the Green New Deal agenda championed by US House of Representatives Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that pledges, in line with international climate targets, a massive shift in state investments toward renewable energy sources.
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Law Professor Seeks Human Rights Strategy on Global Warming
January 17, 2019
Professor Amy Sinden of Temple University’s law school has published an article calling for environmental activists to think of global warming through a human rights lens, as part of a strategy to correct for the power imbalance between industry and those who stand to gain from climate action.
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Abu Dhabi Exchange Joins UN Initiative on Fulfilling SDGs
January 17, 2019
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has announced that it has joined the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative as part of its efforts to pressure companies to ramp up efforts to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and engage in public reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
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NGO Criticizes Corporate Alliance Against Plastic Waste
January 16, 2019
The Guardian reports that activist group Greenpeace has characterized a newly launched Alliance to End Plastic Waste, created by companies including Procter & Gamble, Shell, and ExxonMobil to fund research on and efforts to reduce plastic pollution, as a “desperate attempt from corporate polluters to maintain the status quo on plastics.”
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