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2017 C.E. December 15
Belarus to host first parliamentary hearings on SDGs
The open parliamentary hearings on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals will be held for the first time at the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly on 19 December.
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2017 C.E. December 14
The World Bank will stop fossil fuel financing beginning in 2019
The World Bank announced its plan to discontinue its financing of upstream oil and gas projects in 2019. The announcement came at the One Planet summit and on the two-year anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement.
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2017 C.E. December 14
Exxon agrees to disclose climate risks under pressure from investors
Under pressure from investors, prosecutors and global regulators, ExxonMobil Corp. agreed on Monday to strengthen its analysis and disclosure of the risks its core oil business faces from climate change and from government efforts to rein in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.
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2017 C.E. December 13
Canada and China agree to work together to advance climate action and clean growth
Canada's Prime Minister and China's Premier committed to champion the transition to a competitive, low-carbon economy and society, recognizing that the environment and the economy go hand-in-hand.
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2017 C.E. December 12
European utilities commit to 100% carbon-neutral electricity “well before” 2050
The members of Eurelectric have unanimously agreed to a Vision Declaration that commits them to an ambitious program of making all electricity generated in Europe carbon neutral by 2050.
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2017 C.E. December 12
Botswana court orders government to recognize transgender woman as female
A transgender woman has won a legal battle against Botswana's government to be recognized as female in a landmark victory for the rights of the lesbian, gay and transgender community.
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2017 C.E. December 7
Donors make initial pledges of $857 million to fund UN refugee agency’s work in 2018
Donor governments on Tuesday pledged an initial $857 million to fund the United Nations refugee agency's work to help some 67 million displaced or stateless people worldwide in 2018.
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2017 C.E. December 7
Boise moves toward 100 percent clean energy
As Burgos and Falconer see it, the city of Boise, Idaho Power and the Sierra Club are all on the same page when it comes to supporting clean energy.
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2017 C.E. December 6
SK Innovation to build its own electric car battery gigafactory in Hungary
The new factory would have more than twice the capacity of the company's main battery cell factory in Korea, which was producing 1.9 GWh of batteries for vehicles like the Kia Soul EV and other low volume EV.
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2017 C.E. December 6
Qatar is building a futuristic World Cup stadium made entirely of recycled materials
The shipping containers can be assembled in a LEGO-like fashion.
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2018 C.E. January 31
Rwanda becomes first poor country to provide eye care for all
In a country where a third of people have sight problems, specialist nurses have visited all 15,000 villages as part of a life-changing project
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2018 C.E. January 30
Cleveland Indians will stop using Chief Wahoo logo on uniforms in 2019
The smiling red-faced logo which has for years been criticized as racist by the Native American community and others will be removed from the team's jersey sleeves and caps starting in the 2019 season, the MLB announced Monday.
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2018 C.E. January 30
Families of those killed by police to get attorneys in King County inquests regardless of financial status
Legislation passed by the Metropolitan King County Council on Monday calls for the county's Department of Public Defense to provide attorneys to families participating in inquests no matter their financial status.
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2018 C.E. January 29
France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
The 2021 goal sets a more aggressive target than the timeline advanced by Mr Macron's predecessor, Francois Hollande, who sought to shut down the country's coal-powered plants by 2023.
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2018 C.E. January 29
Myanmar LGBT festival goes public for first time
The widening acceptance boosted numbers with some 6,000 people coming along on the first day alone, compared with 2-3,000 over the whole festival in previous years.
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2018 C.E. January 26
Banking giant Lloyd’s of London to divest from coal over climate change
Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance market, has become the latest financial firm to announce that it plans to stop investing in coal companies.
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2018 C.E. January 26
E.U. votes to increase 2030 renewable energy goal to 35%
The European Union Parliament voted Wednesday to increase its renewable energy goal for 2030 from a goal of 27% to a new target of 35%, which will now be taken to EU member states in upcoming talks.
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2018 C.E. January 25
Nike’s huge renewable energy buy pours cold water On Trump’s coal goals
The leading global athletic wear company announced a huge 86-megawatt deal that throws the force of Texas wind power behind its pledge to bring 100 percent of its North American operations into the renewables fold by 2025 seven years earlier than planned.
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2018 C.E. January 25
World’s first electric container barges to sail from European ports this summer
Dubbed the 'Tesla of the canals', the unmanned vessels will operate on Dutch and Belgian waterways, vastly reducing diesel vehicles and emissions
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2018 C.E. January 24
L’Oréal, Mars, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, Walmart, and more pledge to recycle 100% packaging
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, 11 companies have announced that they will work towards using 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025 or earlier