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Dutch Court Rejects Lawsuit on Emissions Policies
January 10, 2018
EUobserver reports that a Dutch court has rejected a case from a local affiliate of international environmental lobby group Friends of the Earth demanding that the Netherlands produce new plans to raise air-quality standards and reduce levels of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxides in line with EU mandates.
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Moody's Rates Governments Based on Climate Adaptation
January 10, 2018
Moody's Investors Service recently announced that it would evaluate the creditworthiness of state and local governments based on "adaptation and mitigation strategies" related to the impacts of global warming and the availability of federal and state aid to address the increasingly catastrophic weather events produced by the phenomenon.
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Unilever Embraces BHR-Focused Corporate Model
January 09, 2018
Marcela Manubens, a Vice President of global consumer products company Unilever focused on "sustainability," has published an article calling on corporations around the world to develop "new inclusive business models" implementing the business and human rights (BHR) agenda in their operations and supply chains.
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NGOs Call on AfDB to Cease Fossil Fuel Funding
January 09, 2018
The Guardian Nigeria reports that Nigerian environmental organizations are calling on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to follow the example of the World Bank in announcing that it will cease funding for fossil fuel projects in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fulfill the commitments of the UN's Paris climate accord.
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Development Banks Make Push for Tobacco Tax
January 09, 2018
The World Bank Group has announced that, as part of the development bank's global taxation guidance and campaign against tobacco, it is working with the International Monetary Fund to produce a Tobacco Taxation Module pushing governments to "design, enact, administer and monitor tobacco taxation policies" that will discourage tobacco use.
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