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Businesses Seek UN Approval of Climate Targets
June 26, 2018
A press release on the UN's climate website spotlights the decision by 103 corporations to subject their reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions to "official validation" by the joint UN- and nongovernmental organization-led Science Based Targets Initiative, as a growing number of businesses embed the goals of the UN's Paris climate accord in their operations.
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Governments Agree to Broad Shipping Emissions Cuts
June 25, 2018
173 governments at a recent session of the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry by at least 50 percent by the year 2050, as UN officials called for even greater ambition for emissions cuts upon the review of the strategy in 2023.
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NGO Blasts Unencrypted Messaging Service as Rights Violation
June 25, 2018
Amnesty International has published a review of a new Google messaging service labeling the lack of end-to-end encryption on the system a "staggering failure to respect the human rights of its customers" by not providing greater protection of users' communications from "government spies."
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NGO Seeks Government Oversight on Minerals Sourcing
June 25, 2018
Juliane Kippenberg of Human Rights Watch writes that a recent summit discussing the implementation of OECD guidelines on minerals sourcing was an important opportunity to place pressure on governments to monitor business implementation of the guidelines to ensure companies are refraining from funding rights violations in their global supply chains.
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HSBC Announces Divestment from Coal, Oil Projects
June 25, 2018
Reuters reports that the largest bank in Europe, HSBC, has announced plans to end its funding for most coal power plants, oil sands, and arctic drilling in an effort to help fulfill the 2015 UN Paris climate accord.
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