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New wave of Global Ambassadors join Race to Zero and Race to Resilience Content by subject If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Former Unilever chief and co-founder of campaign group Imagine Paul Polman Paul Polman, Emma Howard-Boyd, and Michael Bloomberg among the latest recruits to the global UN-backed campaign The UN-backed Race to Zero and Race to Resilience campaigns have announced that nine new Global Ambassadors have been appointed to help promote the effort to secure ambitious climate pledges from corporates and governments around the world. ....
Former Australian finance minister to head OECD After an intense international political battle running over many months and a government-backed campaign, possibly costing several million dollars, former Australian Liberal finance minister Mathias Cormann last week secured the position of secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Mathias Cormann with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Wikipedia) Cormann won his selection when he defeated the last remaining candidate for the post, former Swedish European Union trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, in the final ballot. Besides the considerable effort devoted to his campaign by the Australian Liberal-National Coalition government, backed by the opposition Labor party, the main factor in Cormann’s success was the support he received from both the Biden administration in the US and the Johnson government in the UK. ....
Climate experts have expressed dismay at the choice of Mathias Cormann, a former finance minister in an Australian government with a record of strong hostility to climate action, as secretary general of the OECD, an international institution that advises rich countries on policy and poor countries on how to become wealthier. Jennifer Morgan, the executive director of Greenpeace International, said: “We have little confidence in Cormann’s ability. ....