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UN-NGO Deal Promotes "Citizenship Education" in Asia
January 06, 2016
An agreement between the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") and the nonprofit Asia Society will seek to further the integration of "Global Citizenship Education," which includes lessons on the UN's "sustainable development" and human-rights agendas, in Asian education systems.
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UNESCO Lauds Education Provision in Climate Agreement
January 06, 2016
A press release from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") spotlights a provision agreed in the draft Paris climate deal calling for countries to "enhance climate change education" and pushes policies that integrate the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in national education systems around the world.
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UN Hub Seeks "Sustainable" Trade Policies
January 06, 2016
The UN Environment Programme has launched an Environment and Trade Hub that will seek to merge global trade policies, including bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, and the UN agendas on "sustainable development" and environmental protection.
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UN Report Pushes Link Between Human Rights, Global Warming
January 06, 2016
The efforts by UN agencies and human-rights activists to use the economic, social, and cultural human rights agenda as a vehicle to advance policies countering climate change has culminated in a "comprehensive study" from the UN Environment Programme that calls for world leaders to explicitly recognize human-rights concerns in climate-related legislation and policy.
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UN, NGO Produce Guide on "Green Bonds"
January 05, 2016
The UN Environment Programme and the nonprofit Climate Bonds Initiative have released a report guiding countries with "emerging economies" to establish markets in the public sector for "green bonds" that fund projects furthering the UN's sustainable development and climate-change agendas.