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Hamas Celebrates Failure of UN Vote Condemning Anti-Israel Violence
December 14, 2018
The Jerusalem Post reports that Hamas has characterized a UN General Assembly vote failing to condemn the Islamist extremist group for committing and inciting violence against Israel as a “slap in the face of America” and a “victory for the Palestinian resistance.”
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NGOs Seek Resource Redistribution Through “Climate Justice Movement”
December 14, 2018
A press release from Greenpeace illustrates the expanding use by the so-called “Climate Justice Movement” to file lawsuits against corporations and governments around the world demanding policy changes to combat global warming and the redistribution of funds to redress alleged rights violations caused by a changing climate.
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WHO Estimates Failure of Climate Talks Will Cost 1 Million Lives
December 13, 2018
In advance of the ongoing UN climate summit in Poland, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a report indicating that failure to take sufficient action on climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions would kill at least one million people by the year 2050.
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UN Report Reveals Massive Scope of Paris Deal Pledges
December 13, 2018
In its annual Emissions Gap Report, the UN Environment Programme determined that countries must increase their efforts between three- and five-fold to clamp down sufficiently on greenhouse gas emissions to reach the temperature targets agreed in the UN Paris climate deal.
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World Bank Issues Five-Year $200 Billion Climate Finance Plan
December 13, 2018
The World Bank Group has announced its plans to mobilize $200 billion in funding for “ambitious climate action” in the years 2021 to 2025, focusing on “climate adaptation” projects that seek to counter the ongoing, catastrophic impacts of global warming.
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