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OSCE Promotes "Environmental Education" Initiatives
January 16, 2017
Demonstrating how the organization has integrated the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in its comprehensive approach to security, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently held a workshop on "environmental education" in Armenia that included a discussion on "eco-education at the pre-school level."
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World Bank Funds Sri Lankan "Social Safety Nets"
January 16, 2017
The World Bank has signaled its continued emphasis on supporting government redistribution of wealth in countries around the world by announcing its $75 million financing of a "social safety nets" project in Sri Lanka.
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Google Announces Achievement of Climate Pledge
January 16, 2017
As part of a nongovernmental organization-led coalition of companies that have responded to environmental activist pressure by committing to ambitious renewable energy goals, technology giant Google has announced that it will fulfill its promise to rely completely on renewable electricity beginning in 2017.
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World Bank Loan to Turkey Focuses on "Sustainability"
January 13, 2017
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan of $132.7 million to Turkey to fund a "Sustainable Cities Project," which seeks to advance the "economic, financial, environmental, and social sustainability of Turkish cities."
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Abrams: White House Abandons Israel at UN
January 13, 2017
Elliott Abrams of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that the Obama Administration discontinued the longstanding US defense of Israel in the UN Security Council by failing to veto a resolution that bypasses direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and ignores how Israeli concessions on West Bank settlements have not advanced the peace process.
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