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UK Government Will Promise Zero Carbon Emissions
March 30, 2016
UK energy minister Andrea Leadsom has announced that her government will "enshrine" the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year into British law by pledging "net zero emissions" by the year 2050.
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UN Convenes Panel on Women's "Empowerment"
March 30, 2016
As UN Women convened the first meeting of its High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, one of the panel's co-chairs defined the purpose of the exercise, funded by the UK Government and the World Bank Group, as "recognizing and valuing fairly all women's work" and ensuring that women "achieve their full potential."
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UN Climate Mechanism Seeks to Expand Role
March 30, 2016
The board of the UN Clean Development Mechanism, which provides credits to companies for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and operates under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ("UNFCCC"), has called on the UNFCCC to consider expanding the scope of its work in order to help fulfill the aspirations of the Paris climate deal agreed in December 2015.
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US, Canada Agree to Climate Pact
March 30, 2016
US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced an agreement under which their governments will drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions, establish strict standards for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, and drive a transition to a low-carbon economy.
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France Considers Push for Global Carbon Tax
March 29, 2016
Bloomberg reports that French government officials are expressing interest in pushing for a global agreement establishing a tax on greenhouse gas emissions in order to counter climate change and creating a minimum and maximum price for "emissions units" that would limit the amount of carbon dioxide businesses are permitted to release.
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