Daily Archives: November 3, 2017

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Human Rights International UNFCCC

Human Rights and the Paris Agreement: The Need to Incorporate Safeguards into the Cooperative Approaches Established Under Article 6

By Romany Webb The 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is set to begin next Monday, November 6, in the city of Bonn in western Germany. The COP will bring together representatives of 194 countries for two weeks of talks […]

Climate Science Cross-cutting Issues

Scott Pruitt’s Attack on Scientists Serving on Advisory Boards Is Illegal

By Michael Burger Earlier this week EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive that prohibits scientists from serving on the EPA’s independent scientific advisory committees if they are currently a principal investigator or co-investigator on a research project that receives grant funding from the agency, or “if they are otherwise […]