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UN Official Pushes COP22 Action on Rights Reporting
November 11, 2016
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called on governments at the COP22 conference on countering global warming in Marrakesh, Morocco, to integrate the human rights agenda in their climate commitments and provide for reporting on human rights impacts as part of the monitoring mechanism under the UN's Paris climate agreement.
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UN Agent Calls for "Equality Bodies" to Combat Racism
November 11, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, has called on governments to develop "national specialized bodies and national action plans" to address racial discrimination and xenophobia in areas of life including "employment, housing, education, the justice system, law enforcement and access to different goods and services."
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EU Seeks Strengthened Global Governance of Oceans
November 11, 2016
The European Commission and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have adopted a Joint Communication calling for "improving international ocean governance frameworks," in line with the UN's sustainable development agenda, in part to tackle climate change, marine litter, and illegal fishing.
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NGOs Criticize Energy Companies' Climate Fund
November 11, 2016
The Guardian reports that a group of nongovernmental organizations are criticizing as "a drop in the ocean" a $1 billion fund recently launched by ten large energy companies that will seek to prevent natural gas leaks and capture carbon emissions in order to limit the impacts of global warming.
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ILO Offers Redistributive Solutions to Income Inequality
November 10, 2016
Warning that income inequality can lead to poverty and "social and political unrest," two writers for the UN's International Labour Organization argue for minimum-wage and "social protection" schemes to combat the phenomenon.
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