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UN, EU Issue "Roadmap" on Global Maritime Planning
March 30, 2017
UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the European Commission's maritime and fisheries agency have issued a "joint roadmap" promoting worldwide use of the practice of "maritime spatial planning" as a tool of global governance of maritime areas.
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UNESCO Seeks "Community-Based" Sustainability Learning
March 30, 2017
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has published a policy brief to guide local and national governments on how to use "community-based learning" strategies to promote the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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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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