July 30

New World Bank Climate Change Website

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The World Bank has launched of a new climate change beta website. The new website consolidates the best of the Bank’s climate change content in a fresher, more data-rich and interactive format that pilots a new online look and approach to sharing results and knowledge, aligned with audience needs. The beta also provides a platform for sharing critical knowledge about innovative approaches and solutions, such as those being piloted under the Clean Technology Fund.
 
UN Pulse: Permanent Link: New World Bank Climate Change Website
July 30

Recovering From A Crisis: A Global Jobs Pact

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Faced with the prospect of a prolonged global increase in unemployment, poverty and inequality and the continuing collapse of enterprises, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Recovering from a Crisis: A Global Jobs Pact designed to guide national and international policies aimed at stimulating economic recovery, generating jobs and providing protection to working people and their families. On July 24 2009, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution encouraging UN Member States to “promote and make full use of the Global Jobs Pact as a general framework within which each country can formulate a policy package specific to its situation and priorities”. Read more about the Jobs Pact and the text of the draft resolution (E/2009/L.24) adopted by ECOSOC.
From UN Pulse: Permanent Link: ECOSOC Supports ILO Global Jobs Pact