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NGO Supports Dutch Banks' Commitments to Remedy

December 21, 2017

In a recent blog post, Ryan Brightwell of the nongovernmental organization BankTrack praises a new initiative called the Dutch banking sector agreement on human rights that he says will place pressure on the finance sector to commit to setting up remedial mechanisms for alleged victims of rights violations related to projects they finance.
NGO Presses FIFA on Human Rights Report

December 20, 2017

A press release from Amnesty International uses a report of the recently established Human Rights Advisory Board of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), made up of representatives of international organizations, human rights groups, and labor unions, to push FIFA to take a hard line on human rights issues with future World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar.
NGOs Promote Climate Disclosures to Stock Exchanges

December 14, 2017

The Global Reporting Initiative and the Carbon Disclosure Standards Board co-hosted a workshop for stock exchange leaders to promote the implementation of the reporting guidelines introduced this year by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
US Businesses Link Climate Plans to NGO Targets

December 08, 2017

According to a recent report by global environmental disclosure platform CDP, an expanding number of US corporations are linking their greenhouse gas emissions goals to "science-based targets" approved by UN officials and nongovernmental organizations.
NGO Report Seeks WTO-Issued "Climate Waivers"

December 07, 2017

The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a report calling for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to immediately adopt a "climate waiver" regime that permits governments to raise trade barriers in their efforts to comply with their pledges under the UN's Paris climate deal and related international agreements.
NGO: Drone Use Must Comply with Rights Standards

December 07, 2017

In a recent briefing to the UN General Assembly, Amnesty International called on countries including the US and the UK to bring their armed drone programs in line with international human rights standards, including through the public disclosure of the criteria they apply when using armed drones.
NGOs Seek IMF Focus on Economic Equality

December 07, 2017

A group of nongovernmental organizations has produced a report demanding that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include in its country-by-country analysis and advice a more-comprehensive focus on policies that aim to reduce economic inequality.
NGO Meeting Pushes for "Green Finance" Taskforce

December 04, 2017

The Centre for International Governance Innovation recently hosted a meeting of government officials and representatives from the private sector and international organizations that called for the establishment of a Canadian Sustainable Finance Taskforce to help ramp up "green finance" and fulfill national commitments to counter global warming under the UN's Paris climate deal.
NGO Adviser Calls for UN Office on Climate Security

December 01, 2017

Climate change think tank adviser Camilla Born has warned that the UN's Paris deal on limiting global warming "was never going to be enough" and calls on the UN to create an "institutional home" within its system to expand efforts in dealing with the "global peace and security" impacts caused by climate change.
NGO Pushes for More UN Action on "Killer Robots"

November 29, 2017

Human Rights Watch has criticizing recent talks by countries that are a part of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva on international laws restricting the use of "killer robots" that do not require human intervention to engage targets for failing to move ahead with global rules prohibiting such weapons systems.