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Emma Thompson, Nobel laureates urge US to make environmental protection Arctic Council’s top priority

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 24 April 2015 – As the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting begins in Iqaluit today, British actor Emma Thompson has published an open letter to Admiral Papp urging him to place the protection of the Arctic environment at the top of the agenda for the United States chairship. “Protecting the Arctic from oil …

G20: STOP CORRUPTION AND CLOSE LOOPHOLES IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO HELP THE WORLD’S POOREST

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, TWO NOBEL LAUREATES AND 22 LEADERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTING EVERY CONTINENT PUBLISH OPEN LETTER TO G20 LEADERS An open letter published today to the leaders of the Group of 20 biggest economies, five days before the leaders’ summit in Brisbane, Australia, calls for concrete actions to stop corruption and make the global …