NGO Branch United Nations thanked the Association on sustainable development and investment climate improvement, uniting investors and creditors “World Organization for Development” for participating in the open call for applications and hoped that World Organization for Development would continue to contribute to the ECOSOC High-Level Segment in the future.

The main focus of the World Organization for Development is sustainable development and the promotion of the achievement of the SDGs. Human rights affect almost all of the 17 global goals and most of the 169 related targets. When human rights violations occur, it reflects on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and jeopardizes the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

UNLOCKING FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY TRANSITION

Women’s leadership is one of the key drivers for gender equality worldwide. Women Heads…

On July 15th leaders of the BRICS nations agreed to establish a New Development Bank (NDB) while attending the group summit in Fortaleza, Brazil. This announcement has caused extraordinary attention all around the world, marking the undeniable significance for the future development of the BRICS, as well as the entire foundation of the international financial institutions. Naturally, the NDB creation initiative has prompted optimistic feedback as well as raised questions and skepticism. WEJ has invited two renowned experts to explain the meaning of the BRICS New Development Bank announcement and attempt to predict what this initiative might bring to global financial and economic development.

Ever since the shale gas revolution in the US that received its recognition in the second half of the 2000s, the majority of global energy experts have spoken of the gigantic changes to the market that the US will bring in the near future. Although the US LNG has not yet changed the face of the global energy supply chains, it has all the potential to redraw the energy maps after 2017-2018 when the mass exports of liquefied gas would begin. But in the midst of the US energy breakthrough, small attention is given to what we believe might be yet another “game-changer”.