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DeSantis Bans ESG Strategy for State Pensions
August 24, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has targeted environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies this past week by passing a resolution along with other trustees of the State Board of Administration to eliminate ESG criteria for state pension funds.
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Former Grenada Minister as new UN Climate Chief
August 17, 2022
UN Secretary General António Guterres has announced that Grenada's former Climate Resilience Minister Simon Stiell, who has often called for wealthier countries to set more ambitious climate goals, will become the new United Nations climate chief.
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DeSantis Unveils Plans to Fight ‘Woke’ Financial Institutions
August 10, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared his support for a series of legislative proposals put forward to protect Floridians and Florida-based institutions from being blacklisted by financial institutions who use woke and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) metrics.
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Deibert: Spyware is Threat to Human rights and Democracy
August 10, 2022
As countries around the world struggle with the rapid growth of unregulated, powerful surveillance tools, cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert warns that the mercenary spyware industry is “one of the greatest contemporary threats to civil society, human rights and democracy”.
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BRICS Association Launching New International Reserve Currency
August 09, 2022
At the 14th BRICS summit, the international grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the association’s intention to develop a new international reserve currency most likely intended to target the U.S. dollar’s dominance as a world currency.