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Corporate Group Supports Agricultural Climate Action

December 07, 2016

Nongovernmental organization Ceres has signaled the growing support of businesses for the global agenda on climate change, based on pressure and outreach from the UN and activists, with a statement from food and beverage company leaders calling for more worldwide action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices.
NGOs Push Rights-Based Approach to Global Warming

December 05, 2016

An article from Human Rights Watch outlines how nongovernmental organizations participating in the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, are succeeding in pressuring governments to include in their negotiations on combating climate change the integration of the global human rights agenda in national climate actions.
Oxfam Criticizes "Climate Finance" Failure in Marrakesh

December 02, 2016

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam criticized developed countries participating in the UN's recent climate change summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, for declining to specifically identify funds set for redistribution to poor countries to go toward "adaptation" efforts to help people in these countries endure the impacts of global warming.
NGOs Criticize "Refusal" to Offer Climate Finance

November 22, 2016

An overview from Reuters of nongovernmental organizations' statements on the recent Marrakesh climate change conference shows that, while they welcomed efforts to create a "rulebook" for climate action, NGOs determined that "rich" countries' had refused to make sufficient financial contributions to reduce climate change impacts in poor countries.
NGOs Criticize Energy Companies' Climate Fund

November 11, 2016

The Guardian reports that a group of nongovernmental organizations are criticizing as "a drop in the ocean" a $1 billion fund recently launched by ten large energy companies that will seek to prevent natural gas leaks and capture carbon emissions in order to limit the impacts of global warming.
NGO Warns of Low Climate Finance from "Rich" Countries

November 10, 2016

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam is warning that "rich" countries must ramp up their contributions to global "climate finance" programs in order to help poorer countries prepare for the negative impacts of global warming.
NGO: Business Climate Measures Are Insufficient

November 09, 2016

Based on the disclosures of over one thousand companies responding to its survey on their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Carbon Disclosure Project has called for a quadrupling of these private-sector climate measures to meet the UN's global climate change goals.
HRW Highlights UNHRC Credibility Issues

October 28, 2016

Underlining the credibility problems faced by a human rights body that permits the inclusion of authoritarian regimes within its ranks, Human Rights Watch has called on members of the UN Human Rights Council to vote against Russia and Saudi Arabia's bids for UNHRC seats due to their unlawful attacks in foreign countries.
Paper Seeks Robust Rights Focus in Climate Measures

October 28, 2016

Wil Burns of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that governments should adopt a global framework integrating the global human rights agenda in "climate geoengineering" measures used to combat global warming under the UN climate deal set to enter into force this year.
NGO Seeks More Business Action on "Sustainability"

October 24, 2016

Pointing to data provided by its global business network in its 2016 State of Sustainable Business, the nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility has called for companies to step up their efforts in fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to broaden their work in reducing "sustainability" risks in their supply chains.