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Commission Seeks Tens of Trillions in Climate Spending
October 26, 2016
The IPS News Agency reports that a publication from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, a committee comprising former heads of state and finance ministers, calls on countries to produce at least $90 trillion in "green" infrastructure spending around the world to fulfill the goals of the UN's social and environmental agenda in the next fifteen years.
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Development Banks Push UN Social, Climate Agendas
October 26, 2016
At the recent UN "Habitat III" conference in Ecuador on global urban policy, the World Bank and seven other multilateral development banks pledged their commitment to funding "equitable, sustainable, and productive urbanization" programs to support the UN's economic equality and environmental agendas.
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Israel Suspends UNESCO Cooperation
October 25, 2016
The Times of Israel reports that, following cross-party criticism of a resolution adopted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ignoring Jewish ties to holy areas of Jerusalem and calling Israel an "occupying power," Israeli officials have announced that the government will suspend all cooperation with the international organization.
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UN Agents Seek Link Between Human Rights, Urban Agendas
October 25, 2016
Prior to the UN's "Habitat III" Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in Ecuador, a group of UN human rights mandate holders issued a statement calling on conference participants to integrate the UN's agenda on the promotion of economic, social, and cultural rights into their plans for "sustainable" urban development.
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Article Considers Indigenous Rights in International Deals
October 25, 2016
Risa Schwartz of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that judicial recognition that Canada's support for global instruments on indigenous rights means the country must consult with indigenous peoples when forming international environmental agreements could "transform," and complicate, the formation of such international deals.
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