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Academic Seeks World Progress on Climate-Refugee Regime
January 05, 2016
Expressing concern over the failure of governments and activists to gain traction at UN fora in establishing legal status for "refugees" fleeing the effects of climate change, Professor Alexander Betts of the University of Oxford calls for world leaders to "update and reform the global refugee regime" to include those affected by global warming.
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World Bank Uses Paris Deal to Expand "Climate Finance"
January 04, 2016
The World Bank Group is seeking to capitalize on the adoption of a UN deal on countering climate change recently agreed in Paris to expand its work and funding in countries for development projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and by developing a "Climate Change Action Plan" that will mainstream climate considerations in the Bank's operations.
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World Bank Calls on Poland to Increase Wealth Redistribution
January 04, 2016
The World Bank has published an article calling on the Polish Government, "for social and economic reasons," to expand cash redistribution programs and to increase monetary benefits to the poor population in the country.
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US State Department Seeks "Re-funding" of UNESCO
January 04, 2016
According to The Washington Free Beacon, the US State Department is seeking Senate support for a measure permitting the US once again to fund the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") after the Obama Administration was legally required to de-fund UNESCO in 2011 due to the organization's admission of Palestine as a member.
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Slaughter: Climate Deal Signals New Approach to Global Governance
December 30, 2015
Author and former president of the American Society of International Law Anne-Marie Slaughter writes that the approach of the UN climate pact agreed in Paris, involving non-binding national commitments and a "conglomeration" of stakeholders, is part of a 21st-century strategy for implementing global governance.
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