# UN’s COP26 climate change goals include emerging tech and carbon taxes

# UN’s COP26 climate change goals include emerging tech and carbon taxes

“# UN’s COP26 climate change goals include emerging tech and carbon taxes ” In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain. The 2021 United Nations…

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# NFTs for freedom: Nonfungible tokens and the right to self-determination

# NFTs for freedom: Nonfungible tokens and the right to self-determination

“# NFTs for freedom: Nonfungible tokens and the right to self-determination ” It seems that everyone — from corporate behemoths like Visa and Anheuser-Busch to socialite Paris Hilton and NBA legends Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant — has recognized the growing importance of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for the 21st-century economy. World-renowned artists, athletes and musicians…

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# Charitable sustainable NFTs for the United Nations’ 17 SDGs

# Charitable sustainable NFTs for the United Nations’ 17 SDGs

“# Charitable sustainable NFTs for the United Nations’ 17 SDGs ” In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…

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#Eric Adams get$ it!: Goodwin

#Eric Adams get$ it!: Goodwin

“#Eric Adams get$ it!: Goodwin” Heart be still, New York is about to get a mayor who understands that money doesn’t grow on trees and that the rich are not evil. Eric Adams continues to distinguish himself from Mayor Putz in all the right ways. The Brooklyn Borough president won the Democratic primary by being…

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#US-backed Uighur exhibit opens in Geneva

#US-backed Uighur exhibit opens in Geneva

“#US-backed Uighur exhibit opens in Geneva” GENEVA, Sept 16 – A US-backed Uighur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in Chinese-run camps in Xinjiang, China opened in Switzerland on Thursday amid high tensions over human rights between Beijing and Washington. The “Wall of the Disappeared” which also…

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#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse

#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse

“#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse” KABUL, Afghanistan — Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital on Aug. 15, the country’s already fragile economy has spiraled into despair. Foreign assistance, which previously propped up the nation of 38 million, was immediately frozen. The US halted $9.4 billion in reserves to the country’s…

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#China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as climate crisis grows

#China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as climate crisis grows

“#China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as climate crisis grows” SHANGHAI – China announced scores of new carbon-intensive coal and steel projects in the first half of 2021, research showed on Friday just days after a key U.N. report urged immediate global action to curb use of fossil fuels and prevent runaway climate change. The push comes as climate experts exhort governments around the world to take drastic…

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