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NGO: Countries Must Contribute More to "Climate Resilience"
March 30, 2017
Sven Harmeling of the nongovernmental organization CARE International has published a piece outlining mechanisms of the UN and Group of 20 (G20) countries whose upcoming meetings will place pressure on global policymakers to increase their financial contributions intended to reduce future impacts of global warming.
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WEF Pushes Big Economies on "Sustainable" Energy
March 30, 2017
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a publication warning that large economies around the world are lagging in the adoption of "environmentally sustainable" energy systems and calling on large energy consumers, including the US, Russia, China, India, and Japan, to do more to encourage this energy "transition."
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NATO Commander Knocks Proposed UN Nuclear Weapons Ban
March 30, 2017
In recent congressional testimony, US Army General and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Curtis Scaparrotti called a proposed UN treaty banning nuclear weapons “not realistic” amid threats from North Korea and Russia, a day after the US and other nations announced they would not participate in treaty negotiations.
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UN Agent Pushes Global Funding for “Water Rights”
March 30, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation Léo Heller called on governments to direct sufficient funding toward development cooperation in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to ensure that all citizens enjoy the human rights to “safe drinking water and sanitation.”
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UN Rights Adviser Predicts Downfall of Trump
March 29, 2017
In a recent interview, member of the Advisory Committee to the UN Human Rights Council Jean Ziegler asserted that US President Donald Trump will not serve a full term in office, due either to "psychiatric problems" or a "moral insurrection" of the American people that will place too much pressure on the Administration to continue to govern.
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