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World Bank Hosts Climate Finance "Innovation" Meeting

August 03, 2017

In May, the World Bank Group partnered with the governments of Spain and Germany to host an "Innovate4Climate Finance and Markets Week" in Barcelona gathering representatives from the public and private sectors to discuss how to push more investments toward projects whose aim is to mitigate the impacts of global warming.
Tokyo Olympics Organizers Agree to ILO Labor Standards

August 03, 2017

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the organizing committee for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have signed a partnership agreement under which the organizers of the Games will ensure that their suppliers and contractors follow global standards for "socially responsible labour practices" in preparing for the event.
Businesses Pledge Carbon "Pricing" at Coalition Meeting

August 03, 2017

At a recent High Level Assembly of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition convened by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), business leaders made pledges to help fulfill the global agenda on combating climate change by factoring into their operations and investments the perceived cost of greenhouse gas emissions.
G20 Seeks Redistribution to Prevent Catastrophe

August 01, 2017

An article published by the World Economic Forum in the lead-up to its May meeting in South Africa highlights a launch by the Group of 20 countries (G20) of a "Compact with Africa" infrastructure program to try to reduce the "wealth gap" between Africa and other continents, an issue G20 leaders identify as a source of mass migration and terrorism.
IMF Highlights Support for SDG Implementation

July 26, 2017

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a review explaining how its country-specific advice aligns with targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on issues ranging from economic inequality to women's rights to combating climate change.
OECD Chief Pushes Redistributive Policies to Counter Globalization Impacts

July 24, 2017

In a recent speech, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Secretary-General Angel Gurría suggested that policies to reduce the potentially negative impacts of globalization include those that tackle "wealth concentration," enhance "robust social protection systems" and "progressive tax systems," and adhere to global standards issued by the OECD.
Academic Report Examines "Climate Refugees" Issue

July 21, 2017

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University has assembled a report that examines current and future conflicts over, among other issues, the international legal status of migrants who resettle across borders to escape the purported effects of climate change.
US Agrees to Sign Insurance Agreement with EU

July 19, 2017

The Trump Administration has agreed to sign a bilateral agreement with the EU on the regulation of insurance and reinsurance while affirming that, under the deal, insurance companies “will only be subject to oversight by the regulators in their home jurisdiction.”
ISO Pushes for Global Standards to Achieve SDGs

July 18, 2017

Elizabeth Gasiorowski-Denis of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) asserts that global standards created by ISO and other groups to harmonize the international regulation of business are necessary to achieve the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
"Vulnerable" Nations Push G20 on Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding

July 17, 2017

Environmental news website Climate Home reports that the finance ministers of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, a political grouping of 49 countries that consider themselves the most vulnerable in the world to global warming, have called on the G20 to set a strict date - preferably by the year 2020 - by which they will phase out all fossil fuel subsidies.