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UN Agent Faults Trump over Media Criticism
September 06, 2017
Reuters reports that UN Special Rapporteur on the freedom of expression David Kaye has warned that US President Donald Trump's criticism of media sources, along with his Administration's push against government leaks, is "reckless" and "part of a general trend of hostility to freedom of expression."
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G20, Excluding US, Issues Climate Action "Blueprint"
September 01, 2017
The New York Times reports that, referring to the "irreversible" nature of the UN's 2015 Paris climate deal, all Group of 20 countries (G20) other than the US issued a "detailed policy blueprint" at the organization's July summit in Hamburg on how they plan to fulfill their commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the deal.
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NGOs Rate G20 Countries' Progress on Climate Deal
September 01, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations recently released an index purporting to show the progress of individual countries in the Group of 20 (G20) in fulfilling the UN's 2015 Paris climate deal and finding that a substantial G20-backed shift in funding from fossil fuels to "clean" energy projects is needed to meet the Paris climate goals.
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French President: UN Climate Deal Was Insufficient
September 01, 2017
Reflecting the frustration of environmental activists and some government officials that the UN's 2015 Paris accord did not go far enough in combating climate change, French President Emmanuel Macron recently called on governments to "go beyond" the terms of the deal in clamping down on fossil fuel emissions.
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OSCE Assembly Adopts Broad Global Guidelines
September 01, 2017
A declaration recently adopted by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Minsk, Belarus, provides global, comprehensive recommendations for governments on issues ranging from climate change to terrorism and calls for the bolstering of the "human rights enforcement mechanisms" of the transnational security organization.
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