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Solar Alliance Becomes International Organization
December 14, 2017
The International Solar Alliance, a group composed of 121 countries, achieved official status as an international organization after its initial promotion at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, with the goal of spreading the use of solar energy in developing nations to fight climate change and address energy needs.
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UNESCO Offers Guidelines on SDG Education Reporting
December 14, 2017
Highlighting the focus of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on gathering education data for global policymaking, UNESCO's Institute for Statistics has released a report guiding member states on more effective methods of collecting and utilizing data to implement the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on education.
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US Supports Refugee, but Not Migration, Compact
December 14, 2017
Fox News reports that the US delegation to the UN has pulled out of talks on a Global Compact for Migration but has made the proposed Global Compact on Refugees a “priority” because the Trump Administration believes the pact would further its goal of discouraging refugee resettlement abroad.
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UN Official Stresses Need for Global Refugee Compact
December 14, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi pushed for a new global compact on refugees in response to the 2016 New York Declaration, stressing the need for member states to adopt the UN’s Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework rather than resort to “closed borders” and “restricted access.”
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World Bank Aligns Policies with Paris Climate Deal
December 13, 2017
At this week's One Planet Summit in Paris, the World Bank Group announced a comprehensive plan to align its operations with the agenda of the UN's Paris climate deal, including by severely restricting its funding to fossil fuel projects and funneling "climate-smart" finance to projects aimed at combating global warming.
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