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NGOs Praise Climate Advocacy at UN Treaty Bodies
February 14, 2018
The Center for International Environmental Law and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights have published a "synthesis note" calling for the UN's human rights treaty bodies to play a more active role in pushing governments to focus on fulfilling the global climate change agenda as an element of their obligations under human rights law.
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World Bank Supports Kazakh Climate-Reporting Program
February 14, 2018
The World Bank's announcement of support for a new platform launched by the government of Kazakhstan to monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions shows how the global finance institution is embracing the international agenda on combating climate change as part of its efforts to spur development in poor countries.
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World Bank Commits to Urban Efforts to Stem Global Warming
February 14, 2018
In a recent press release, the World Bank describes its recent efforts, since the One Planet Summit hosted by the French government last year, to align its financing commitments for urban areas with the global agenda on climate change, including by ramping up support for the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities and the City Resilience Program.
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NGO Seeks Censure of Hungary by UN Rights Body
February 13, 2018
The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Open Society Foundations has submitted a review of Hungarian restrictions on NGOs to the UN Human Rights Committee in an attempt to elicit a statement from the body censuring Hungary in its review of the country's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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World Bank Provides Global Guidance on Financial Regulation
February 13, 2018
As part of its global guidance for national regulators focused on the financial industry, the World Bank has produced two reports providing "a comprehensive collection of good practices and benchmarking for financial consumer protection and financial inclusion around the world."
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