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WTO Criticizes Non-Compliance on Subsidy Notifications
November 07, 2016
The Chair of the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Jin-dong Kim, has warned of widespread non-compliance with the WTO's rules requiring notification of domestic subsidy programs.
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World Bank Pushes Climate Measures in MENA Region
November 07, 2016
A "call for action" on going green in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region published by the World Bank Group signals the extent to which the multilateral development bank has enmeshed its agenda for funding infrastructure and other development projects with the UN's agenda on climate change.
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UN Agent Identifies Right to Emissions Reduction
November 07, 2016
Linking current weather events in Madagascar with global warming, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John Knox, has asserted that countries have a human rights obligation to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the UN's Paris climate agreement to limit the negative impacts of climate change on such developing countries.
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Paper Seeks Global Governance of "Climate Engineering"
November 04, 2016
A paper from the Centre for International Governance Innovation argues that the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year contains the "building blocks for an internationally integrated approach" to removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in order to achieve the goals of the agreement in combating climate change.
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UN Chief Fires Commander in South Sudan
November 04, 2016
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has removed a Kenyan Lieutenant General in charge of peacekeeping forces in South Sudan following the appearance of an internal report detailing the inaction and disorder of peacekeepers during an attack on a UN base and private compound that killed 73 people, including civilians and aid workers.
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