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New Climate Report Urges Massive Carbon Cuts by 2020
April 12, 2017
Global climate initiative Mission 2020 has released a report arguing that nations must implement drastic reductions in carbon emissions, including requiring all new transportation in major cities to be “zero-carbon” by 2020, to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for climate change.
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UN Committee Seeks to Engage Business in Reaching SDGs
April 12, 2017
The UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration will meet 24-28 April to equip member state governments to successfully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with businesses and civil society.
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Think Tank Calls for G20 Ban on Financial Data Manipulation
April 12, 2017
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has called on the Group of 20 (G20) forum to adopt an agreement prohibiting financial data manipulation by governments and holding states responsible for addressing such activity “passing through or emanating from its territory or perpetrated by its citizens.”
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UN Secretary General Calls for Increased UNRWA Funding
April 12, 2017
UN Secretary General António Guterres has issued a “landmark report” calling on all member states to increase funding for the controversial UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) due to the integral role he believes it plays in regional peace.
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UN Principals Push for “Collective Outcomes” for Development
April 12, 2017
The UN Secretary-General and nine UN Principals have signed a “Commitment to Action” with the aim of harmonizing national and local development and humanitarian projects around the world under loosely-defined “collective outcomes” in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
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