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WEF Initiative Gains Influence over Indonesian Policies on Waste
March 14, 2019
In its first partnership with a national government, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Plastic Action Partnership, which includes businesses and nongovernmental organizations, has announced collaboration with the Indonesian government on a national plan to reduce plastic waste.
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NGOs Demand Rights Pledges from 2022 World Cup Co-hosts
March 14, 2019
A group of nongovernmental organizations has called for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to demand that any country selected to co-host the 2022 World Cup abide by “international human rights law and labour standards” and draft multiple action plans regarding how the country plans to prevent rights abuses.
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World Bank Launches Global Project Embracing Wind Energy
March 13, 2019
As part of the ongoing embrace by multilateral development institutions of the UN’s Paris climate goals, the World Bank Group has launched a program to advise developing countries on the prospects of their installation of offshore wind energy projects and develop a “pipeline” of such projects as targets for private investment.
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UN Agent Warns of Threat to Speech in EU Copyright Rules
March 13, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye has called on EU institutions to revise the proposed EU Copyright Directive to reduce the pressure on internet companies to provide for “pre-publication filtering” of protected content, warning such pressure will harm online “information diversity and media pluralism.”
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NGO Report Calls for “Partnerships” to Address Sovereign Debt
March 13, 2019
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a policy brief calling for international partnerships to combat the negative impacts sovereign debt could have on the prospects of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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