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World Bank must take ‘quantum leap’ to tackle climate crisis, UN expert says Simon Stiell calls for reform at development banks to enable governments to provide more climate finance to developing world The World Bank must take a “quantum leap” to provide new finance to tackle the climate crisis or face “climate-driven economic catastrophe” that would bring all the world’s economies to a halt, the UN climate chief has said. Simon Stiell warned that there were just two years left to draw up an international plan for the climate that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C above preindustrial levels. “There’s no room now for half measures,” he warned, referring to the global heat that has surpassed records for the past 10 months. “Averting a climate-driven economic catastrophe is core business.” But Stiell held out a promise of global economic renewal, for the developed and developing world, if countries shift to a low-carbon

Jeff Bezos’s Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are both fighting in court to have the National Labor Relations Board declared unconstitutional. Starbuck’s and Trader Joe’s joined them in separate lawsuits. All of these companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting. All of them have been charged by the NLRB with hundreds of violations of workers’ organizing rights The NLRB is standing up to their union busting. That’s why they’re trying to destroy the NLRB. I’m going to do my best to keep you all informed about this case as it snakes its way through the courts. The future of unions may depend on the final verdict. Source: https://apnews.com/article/amazon-nlrb-unconstitutional-union-labor-459331e9b77f5be0e5202c147654993e Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional, joining SpaceX and Trader Joe’s BY HALELUYA HADERO Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar

‘Two years to save the world’: UN climate chief calls for faster action and more finance United Nations executive climate secretary Simon Stiell said he knows his warning may sound melodramatic but action over the next two years is “essential". Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions according to the head of the United Nations climate agency. It has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift. Governments of the world are facing a 2025 deadline for new and stronger plans to curb carbon pollution, nearly half of the world's populations voting in elections this year, and crucial global finance meetings are taking place later this month in Washington. United Nations executive climate secretary Simon Stiell said Wednesday he knows his warning may sound melodramatic but action over the next two years is “essential.” “We still have a chance to make greenhouse gas emissions