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UN Agency Warns of Early Arrival of “Earth Overshoot Day”
August 03, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has publicized the findings of a nongovernmental organization that the world has already reached “Earth Overshoot Day,” when humanity has “used up” its resource budget for the year 2018, leading to catastrophic biodiversity and other losses associated with resource depletion and global warming.
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OSCE Updates Database on National Compliance with Standards
August 03, 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has launched an updated version of its database Legislationline.org with the aim of helping OSCE member states “in bringing their legislation into line with OSCE commitments and other international standards,” and permitting observers to scrutinize fidelity to such commitments.
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World Bank Launches Energy Efficiency Drive in Brazil
August 03, 2018
The World Bank has launched a Financial Instruments for Brazil Energy Efficient Cities Project to attract private financing for Brazil’s transition to energy-efficient lighting and industry to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and help it fulfill its commitments under the UN’s Paris climate agenda.
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World Bank Highlights Support for Mexican Climate Adaptation
August 03, 2018
Demonstrating the development institution’s policies embedding the global agenda against climate change in its funding decisions, the World Bank has published an article touting its financial support in partnership with the Global Environment Facility of a five-year project establishing climate change adaptation mechanisms in Mexico.
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UN Rights Observer Weighs Against Restrictive Migration Policies
August 03, 2018
A statement from UN human rights mandate holder Maria Grazia Giammarinaro pushes governments to end the “misuse” of anti-trafficking considerations to justify restrictive migration policies and warns of the potential impacts of “the current poisonous anti-migration political atmosphere.”
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