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World Bank Group Pledges $50 Billion in Climate Finance
January 16, 2019
The World Bank Group has launched a new action plan pledging $50 billion in financing for “climate adaptation and resilience” projects around the globe between the years 2021 and 2025, including funding for “climate-responsive social protection systems.”
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WEF Agenda Prioritizes Climate Action, Global Governance
January 16, 2019
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2019 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, will prioritize climate change, “sustainability,” and reforming the global governance system among the top issues for participants to discuss.
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NGO Report Documents Ongoing Abuse of UNHRC
January 16, 2019
Spotlighting the reasons why the US withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an article from Human Rights Watch documents the ongoing selection of countries routinely accused of widespread human rights violations to the UNHRC with the aim of shielding their conduct from scrutiny.
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NGO: UK Welfare Cuts Undermine Right to “Live Independently”
January 16, 2019
Bethany Brown of Human Rights Watch argues that social care cuts, lack of government oversight, and age discrimination in the UK are undermining the rights of elderly people “to health and to live independently in the community.”
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Law Professor Calls for UN Chief to Investigate Khashoggi Murder
January 15, 2019
Professor Steven Ratner of the University of Michigan Law School calls for UN Secretary-General António Guterres to launch an investigation of the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, arguing that a UN report on the murder could lead to appropriate sanctions of senior-level officials suspected of involvement in the murder plot.
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