NGO Watch®

NGOs Propose Sustainability Review Mechanism

March 19, 2015

A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") has proposed a "robust global review mechanism" that would provide periodic recommendations to countries around the world on their progress in implementing the UN's post-2015 development agenda.
CIGI Welcomes Broader Participation in Global Financial Governance

March 11, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a paper praising the wider participation among countries with "emerging economies" in the global governance of financial standards.
CIGI Seeks Global Governance for Sovereign Debt Issues

March 11, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published an update of UN negotiations over a global system of sovereign debt restructuring and how it is seeking to close the "global governance gap" to create an international system for the resolution of these issues.
Greenpeace Lauds Apple for Global Warming Efforts

February 18, 2015

As nongovernmental organizations place increasing pressure on companies to commit to countering global warming, Greenpeace has praised Apple for a massive purchase of solar energy and has singled out other technology companies to do more to prevent climate change.
Article Seeks Establishment of Arctic Development Bank

January 28, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published an article exploring the advantages of establishing an international development bank in the Arctic region that would promote projects aligned with the global "sustainability" agenda.
Oxfam Expresses Concern at Climate Fund Contributions

November 26, 2014

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has indicated that it is unimpressed with the level of current contributions to the UN's Green Climate Fund, which seeks to redistribute billions of dollars from developed to developing countries in order to help them adjust to the effects of global warming.
HRW Criticizes Limited U.S. Shift on UN Torture Treaty

November 19, 2014

Human Rights Watch ("HRW") has criticized the Obama Administration, which has expanded its interpretation of the UN Convention Against Torture, for not fully adopting the UN Committee Against Torture's position that the treaty applies in any area of the world where the U.S. has "effective control."
Robinson Praises Pursuit of "Climate Justice"

October 29, 2014

In recent remarks to the International Bar Association ("IBA"), former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson praised the IBA's report calling for the adaptation of legal and human rights frameworks to hold governments responsible for global warming.
Oxfam Ranks Companies on Social and Environmental Impacts

October 22, 2014

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has released an updated "scorecard" of the ten largest food companies, rating them on the basis of their commitments to internationally developed social and environmental standards in their operations.
NGO Pushes Investors to Report Fossil Fuel Divestment

October 08, 2014

The Asset Owners Disclosure Project is placing pressure on institutional investors to disclose whether they are advancing the international agenda against climate change by divesting from "high carbon assets."