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Japan CSO Statement
Statement recommending the Green Climate Fund Board does not approve accreditation applications of JICA and BTMU.
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Trumps NAFTA renegotiation objectives indicate possible stealth attack on public health, food, agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released the Trump Administration’s objectives for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trade promot…
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California cap-and-trade bill is a giveaway to polluters
The California legislature has passed a climate deal for billionaires that targets the most vulnerable while giving handouts to Big Oil.
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Trump seeks rollback of internationally agreed upon coal restrictions
Trump continues his love affair with coal while ignoring climate science and the poor local communities hurt by U.S.-financed coal plants. Trump would violate an international agreement if he decid…
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Adaptation vs Development Letter
Letter to Green Climate Fund board regarding its approach to adaptation.
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Transparency CSO Letter
Letter to Green Climate Fund Board regarding transparency of funding proposal deliberations.
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Shareholder Resolution Calls on Kroger (NYSE: KR) to Appoint Independent Board Chair, Groups Also Urge Company to Eliminate Bee-Killing Pesticides
On Thursday, June 22, members of SumOfUs, Friends of the Earth, Pollinator Stewardship Council, and the Ohio Ecological Food & Farming Association, in collaboration with food, farming and envir…
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International Finance Corporation Flashes Warning Signs for Green Climate Fund
The IFC doesn’t know what a lot of its money is doing, and that’s bad. Though the subject matter might at first seem a bit dull, a recent monitoring report of the financial sector lending of…
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Five things Trumps Paris Climate Speech got wrong in his attack on Green Climate Fund
Donald Trump announced this afternoon that the United States will begin the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. During his remarks, Trump made a series of inaccurate and misleading statem…
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U.S. exit from Paris Agreement will accelerate climate crisis
History will harshly judge the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. By denying climate change and failing to act, Trump has put us on a path beset with…