United Nations

Resource Panel Seeks Green, "Socially Just" Cities

March 05, 2018

The International Resource Panel, a body of experts established by the UN Environment Programme, has published a report containing a climate-friendly blueprint for the future development of urban areas, with the goal of a "transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient, socially just cities" around the world.
World Bank Collaborates on Urban SDG Framework

March 01, 2018

The World Bank and the Global Environment Facility have launched a joint "Urban Sustainability Framework" as a guide for cities around the world in their efforts to reshape their social and environmental policies to comply with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Agent: States Must Avoid "Austerity" to Protect Rights

February 28, 2018

UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky has called on countries around the world to base their decisions on tax and spending policies on principles based in the global human rights agenda, and to avoid negative impacts of "austerity" on social and economic rights.
UN Agents: US Must Regularize DACA Recipients

February 21, 2018

A group of UN human rights mandate holders has waded into the US policy debate over the Trump Administration's plan to end the protected status (DACA) of migrants illegally brought into the country as children, warning that rescinding such status would "jeopardize" the rights of these migrants and "would reinforce harmful racial stereotypes."
UN Initiative Calls for Global Sharing Network for School Data

February 15, 2018

A blog published by UNESCO calls for the establishment of a Global Sharing Network that relies on Country Data Hubs to share national education data and publish it in one place to enable international organizations and others to develop strategies to help countries achieve education targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UNESCO, Consultants Seek Global Data on Schools

February 15, 2018

Representatives of the International Development Group and of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics describe the need for low-income countries to spend millions of dollars each year to produce data to use in collaboration with international organizations to reform their schools in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
World Bank Supports Kazakh Climate-Reporting Program

February 14, 2018

The World Bank's announcement of support for a new platform launched by the government of Kazakhstan to monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions shows how the global finance institution is embracing the international agenda on combating climate change as part of its efforts to spur development in poor countries.
World Bank Commits to Urban Efforts to Stem Global Warming

February 14, 2018

In a recent press release, the World Bank describes its recent efforts, since the One Planet Summit hosted by the French government last year, to align its financing commitments for urban areas with the global agenda on climate change, including by ramping up support for the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities and the City Resilience Program.
World Bank Provides Global Guidance on Financial Regulation

February 13, 2018

As part of its global guidance for national regulators focused on the financial industry, the World Bank has produced two reports providing "a comprehensive collection of good practices and benchmarking for financial consumer protection and financial inclusion around the world."
World Bank Touts Funding of "New Urban Agenda"

February 13, 2018

An article published by the World Bank illustrates the development organization's embrace of the "New Urban Agenda" agreed by participants in the UN Habitat III conference in 2016, highlighting its drive for trillions in funding to make urban areas "inclusive, resilient, productive, and sustainable for all," as well as resistant to the future, catastrophic impacts of global warming.