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US Secretary of State Affirms Support for UNESCO
November 03, 2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry has affirmed the Obama Administration's support for the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") and for the restoration of funding to the organization after the US was legally forced to withdraw it following UNESCO's recognition of Palestine as a member state.
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UN Uses SDGs as Platform for Oceans Governance
November 03, 2015
A new initiative of the UN Environment Programme called the Partnership for Regional Oceans Governance will seek to pressure governments to accept regional, multi-stakeholder governance of oceans to achieve provisions of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") related to "sustainable use of the oceans."
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UNHCR Endorses "Climate Refugee" Agreement
October 30, 2015
A recent meeting, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR") supported an agreement that sets out necessary practices in identifying the needs of refugees fleeing their home countries due to global warming.
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UN Pushes Higher-Education Involvement in Climate Agenda
October 30, 2015
The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, a partnership of UN agencies, recently held a conference on how to advance action on global warming, including through innovations on climate-change mitigation and adaptation and the creation of new climate policies, prior to a major UN climate conference to be held in Paris at the end of the year.
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UN Seeks Trade Policies Aligned with Environmental Agenda
October 30, 2015
The UN Environment Programme's International Resource Panel has produced a report that countries around the world to adjust their natural-resource trade policies to ensure that international trade contributes to a "healthier global environment."
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