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World Bank Continues Pressure for Carbon Tax
December 22, 2015
During the recent UN climate talks in Paris, the World Bank Group pressured governments to tax the emission of carbon in order to limit global warming, launching a Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition among leaders of various governments and sectors and announcing a $500 million initiative to cut greenhouse gases and set up carbon taxes in developing countries.
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Development Banks Pledge Support for Climate Agenda
December 22, 2015
On the eve of the recent UN climate negotiations in Paris, officials from the world's largest development banks, including the World Bank Group, promised a significant increase in funding to climate-related projects and expressed support for a set of voluntary principles for financial institutions to "mainstream" action on global warming across their operations.
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AI: Climate Change Harms Rights, Creates Refugees
December 22, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has published a piece seeking to identify a "direct link" between global warming and "the rights to life, health, food, water and housing" and arguing that people identifying themselves as climate "refugees," who move from their homes due to the effects of climate change, are "entitled" to support from countries responsible for the phenomenon.
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UN Agency Seeks Pro-Labor Policies in Greece
December 21, 2015
The UN's International Labour Organization ("ILO") has announced that it is working with the Greek Government to include "collective bargaining and social dialogue" policies in the country's reforms to grow the economy and reduce unemployment.
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UN Highlighted Climate Catastrophes Prior to Summit
December 21, 2015
Attempting to show a link between climate change and weather-related disasters prior to the recent UN conference among world leaders on climate change in Paris, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction released a report estimating that 90 percent of global disasters in the last twenty years have been climate-related.
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