United Nations

UN Resolution Supports "Sustainable Development" Education

January 06, 2016

A recent resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly seeks to solidify the role of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") in promoting "Education for Sustainable Development" to advance the UN's agenda on sustainable development in educational institutions around the world.
UN-NGO Deal Promotes "Citizenship Education" in Asia

January 06, 2016

An agreement between the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") and the nonprofit Asia Society will seek to further the integration of "Global Citizenship Education," which includes lessons on the UN's "sustainable development" and human-rights agendas, in Asian education systems.
UNESCO Lauds Education Provision in Climate Agreement

January 06, 2016

A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") spotlights a provision agreed in the draft Paris climate deal calling for countries to "enhance climate change education" and pushes policies that integrate the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in national education systems around the world.
UN Hub Seeks "Sustainable" Trade Policies

January 06, 2016

The UN Environment Programme has launched an Environment and Trade Hub that will seek to merge global trade policies, including bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, and the UN agendas on "sustainable development" and environmental protection.
UN Report Pushes Link Between Human Rights, Global Warming

January 06, 2016

The efforts by UN agencies and human-rights activists to use the economic, social, and cultural human rights agenda as a vehicle to advance policies countering climate change has culminated in a "comprehensive study" from the UN Environment Programme that calls for world leaders to explicitly recognize human-rights concerns in climate-related legislation and policy.
UN, NGO Produce Guide on "Green Bonds"

January 05, 2016

The UN Environment Programme and the nonprofit Climate Bonds Initiative have released a report guiding countries with "emerging economies" to establish markets in the public sector for "green bonds" that fund projects furthering the UN's sustainable development and climate-change agendas.
Germany Will Set out Climate Action Plan for 2050

January 05, 2016

In line with its commitments at the recent UN climate deal reached in Paris, the German Government has indicated that by mid-2016 it will release a "climate action plan" that will detail how the country plans to reach zero fossil-fuel emissions by the year 2050.
Academic Seeks World Progress on Climate-Refugee Regime

January 05, 2016

Expressing concern over the failure of governments and activists to gain traction at UN fora in establishing legal status for "refugees" fleeing the effects of climate change, Professor Alexander Betts of the University of Oxford calls for world leaders to "update and reform the global refugee regime" to include those affected by global warming.
World Bank Uses Paris Deal to Expand "Climate Finance"

January 04, 2016

The World Bank Group is seeking to capitalize on the adoption of a UN deal on countering climate change recently agreed in Paris to expand its work and funding in countries for development projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and by developing a "Climate Change Action Plan" that will mainstream climate considerations in the Bank's operations.
World Bank Calls on Poland to Increase Wealth Redistribution

January 04, 2016

The World Bank has published an article calling on the Polish Government, "for social and economic reasons," to expand cash redistribution programs and to increase monetary benefits to the poor population in the country.