UNEP’s annual Emissions Gap Report 2020 finds that, despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century.
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09/12/2020
International Anti-Corruption Day 2020: ‘Recover with Integrity to Build Forward Better’
Human Wrongs Watch
‘Every Year, Businesses and Individuals Pay an Estimated US$1.5 Trillion in Bribes’
By Sarah Lister and Anga Timilsina| UNDP*
09/12/2020
Foreign Bribery Rages Across The Globe
Human Wrongs Watch
By Transparency International*
Largest exporters are the worst enforcers against foreign bribery
Illustration: Andrea Settimo © Transparency International
Foreign bribery has huge costs and consequences for countries across the globe – and those costs have become more severe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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09/12/2020
‘We Cannot Allow Corruption to Infest COVID-19 Recovery’ – UN Chief
Human Wrongs Watch
9 December 2020 (UN News)* — Not only has the coronavirus crisis unleashed immense social and economic suffering, it has created opportunities for corruption to thrive, the UN Secretary-General has said, underscoring that measures to prevent and fight such unscrupulous activities must be included in recovery from the pandemic as well as in the development and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
