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World Bank Announces $22.5 Billion in African Climate Finance
April 10, 2019
At the recent One Planet Summit hosted in Nairobi, the World Bank Group announced plans to ramp up financing for “climate action” in Africa between 2021 and 2025 by $22.5 billion, half of which will be devoted to “adaptation” projects aimed at limiting the exposure of African countries to the future catastrophic impacts of global warming.
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UN Rights Observer Criticizes Israel on Resource Use, Environment
April 04, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian rights Michael Lynk has issued a report accusing the Israeli government of plundering the natural resources of the Palestinian people and failing to protect the environment in “occupied” territory in violation of Palestinian rights to development and to a healthy environment.
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UN Group Seeks “Gender-Sensitive” Policies on Illegal Drugs
April 04, 2019
In an example by UN human rights mandate holders of encouraging distinct treatment of men and women in a broad swath of government policies around the globe, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women called on authorities to address “structural inequality and discrimination” against women in their enforcement of drug laws.
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Philippines Withdraws from ICC
April 04, 2019
The Philippines recently withdrew from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the midst of a preliminary ICC investigation regarding extrajudicial killings in the Southeast Asian country.
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UN Presents Climate Action, SDGs as Comprehensive Agenda
April 03, 2019
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recently hosted a conference in Copenhagen to brainstorm ways in which governments can combine policies advancing the UN’s Paris climate goals and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of a single, global, social and environmental agenda.
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