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NGOs Criticize Airline Emissions Deal
October 19, 2016
The Guardian reports that environmental groups are criticizing a deal recently agreed by the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization to force airlines to fund climate-friendly projects to offset their carbon emissions, including three-year "review periods" to monitor progress, for failing to reduce demand or raise prices for fossil fuel use.
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UN Webinar Calls for BHR Training
October 19, 2016
Supported by the nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility, the UN Global Compact has released a webinar to assist companies in the design of employee training sessions on how to comply with the global business and human rights agenda.
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UN Pushes a "Greener" Financial System
October 19, 2016
The UN Environment Programme has published its action plan to expand already-robust pressure on governments and the finance industry to move "much of the financial system's US$300 trillion of assets" into investments that support the international organization's agenda on combating global warming.
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Canadian PM Pledges Carbon Tax to Fulfill UN Deal
October 18, 2016
The Guardian reports that, in an announcement to the Canadian Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would impose a tax on businesses' greenhouse gas emissions to fulfill the country's pledges under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015.
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Report Pushes Public-Private Climate Partnerships
October 18, 2016
Climate research group CDP has published a report calling on businesses to engage with cities around the world in financial and other efforts to reduce the contribution of urban areas to global warming.
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