Transnational Bodies

"Emerging" Countries Seek Faster Climate Redistribution

July 14, 2017

Reuters reports that, in the lead-up to US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a group of "emerging nations" led by the largest global carbon emitter China called on the US and other industrialized countries to bear more of the brunt of funding climate-friendly technologies in developing countries.
OSCE Pursues Climate Agenda in Kazakhstan

July 14, 2017

Demonstrating the expansion of the security-oriented Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) into the field of regional climate cooperation, the OSCE recently launched a series of workshops in Kazakhstan on "the application of green technology in rural areas."
G20 Bolsters Climate Demands in US Absence

July 12, 2017

Time reports that the Group of 20 (G20) countries, no longer constrained by US calls for moderation after its withdrawal from the UN's Paris deal on greenhouse gas emissions, issued ambitious demands for global emissions reductions at a recent summit in Hamburg.
Analyst: G20 Has Replaced UN’s Global Governance Role

July 12, 2017

Dr. Francesco Stipo of the Bretton Woods Committee argues that the recent Group of 20 (G20) meetings demonstrate how the group of developed nations, due to its greater unity on policy issues and decisiveness, could replace the UN as the main body of global governance.
Multilateral Groups Double down on Climate, Sustainability

June 22, 2017

In a joint statement, a variety of UN and other multilateral organizations and the German Government in its capacity as the current president of the G20 group of countries illustrated their continuing prioritization of the comprehensive global climate change and "sustainable development" agendas in guiding economic and trade policies around the world.
OECD Promotes Teenager Development Agenda

June 20, 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), showing how its economic development agenda has expanded to encompass a broad array of fields, has published a report advocating for a global agenda on student satisfaction, anti-bullying programs, and "active and healthy lifestyles" to improve education for teenagers.
OECD Calls for Interventionist Lay-off Policies

June 19, 2017

A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on New Zealand to expand its intervention into corporate lay-off policies by imposing a "minimum statutory notice period" upon companies wishing to lay off workers and by increasing "income support" to such workers as part of the country's social safety net.
Official Seeks EU-China Cooperation on Global Governance

June 06, 2017

In a recent speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini called for continued collaboration between the EU and China on building a "rules-based global governance" system to promote "progress and peace" in an age of globalization.
Rhodes Warns of Erosion of Civil, Political Rights

May 31, 2017

In a recent article, Aaron Rhodes of Forum for Religious Freedom - Europe explains the threats to traditional civil and political human rights posed by the growing movement within the international community to re-balance the rights agenda toward "economic, social, and cultural rights" and to accept the non-universality of human rights values.
WTO, Development Banks Seek Redistributive Policies

May 25, 2017

A report from the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank calls on national governments around the world to implement redistributive policies such as unemployment benefits and "income support" to offset trade-related job losses.