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The Norwegian Transparency Act which came into force last month requires certain companies to carry human rights due diligence to ensure they operate responsibly. This legislation is demanding, as it applies to Norwegian or foreign companies with operations in Norway that meet at least two of the following three criteria: They will also be required…
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End deforestation, curb methane emissions, cut fossil fuel funding; COP26 was long on pledges, but short on any mechanisms for delivery. So although the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C remains intact (just), both scientists and climate change activists have been critical of the lack of specific actions to ensure the target is actually…
On October 8, less than a month before the opening of COP26 (Conference of the Parties on Climate Change) in Glasgow, the United Nations Human Rights Council acknowledged the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The text, proposed by Costa Rica, Morocco, the Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland, was adopted by 43…
