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Biodiversity Should be at the Heart of Global Financial Reform and the IMF Can Lead the Way, Avaaz Shows in Policy Papers

Biodiversity Should be at the Heart of Global Financial Reform and the IMF Can Lead the Way, Avaaz Shows in Policy Papers

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Monetary Fund has a historic opportunity to take immediate measures, undertake institutional reforms, and establish partnerships through which it can finally support the central role of biodiversity in macroeconomic and financial stability, Avaaz said in a policy briefing. Separately, in a 90-page report, Avaaz said that the [...]

“Stop Human Asteroid” Avaaz Calls for Action to Stop Extinction Crisis as COP15 Reaches Endgame

“Stop Human Asteroid” Avaaz Calls for Action to Stop Extinction Crisis as COP15 Reaches Endgame

MONTREAL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Protestors from Avaaz, together with Jurassic Park actor James Cromwell have demanded action to “Stop The Human Asteroid” and end the extinction crisis. Gathered next to a giant dinosaur in central Montreal, Avaaz activists held other banners in the shape of asteroids, which included the faces of various world [...]

Avaaz Urges Georgieva and Trudeau to “Lasso-in” Commitments from IMF to Attend December’s Vital UN Biodiversity Talks in Montreal

Avaaz Urges Georgieva and Trudeau to “Lasso-in” Commitments from IMF to Attend December’s Vital UN Biodiversity Talks in Montreal

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — To highlight the urgency of securing high-level participation and financial resource mobilization for biodiversity conservation ahead of the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD), Avaaz displayed life-size cut-outs of IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, and of Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau along an enormous [...]