Report
July 19, 2010 - This report and calendar shows Canada's contribution to climate change in a global perspective. It is intended to provide a fresh perspective on the question of who is responsible for climate change and thus who must take the lead in delivering the solution.
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Study
Climate Change and Democratisation –
July 12, 2010 - The paper examines whether democracy at the country level and global climate change matter for another. It raises the question of how to support democracy’s advance in the face of multiple challenges that include the adverse effects of global warming and extreme weather events merits much more attention than it has received so far.
Peter Burnell more»
Article
The American Way of Change –
May 25, 2010 - Researchers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists go beyond politics to find, on their own account, openings for green energies.
Till Kötter more»
Report
Unlocking a low-carbon Europe – Climate change and the reform of the EU budget are the two priorities on the 2010 agenda: Will the EU be able to generate sufficient momentum for a budget reform, which is needed to pursue a low-carbon economy?
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Policy Paper
Opportunity or Failure? –
February, 2010
If the Copenhagen Accord on climate change can be called a small step forward or a grand failure depends on the regional perspective. Two months after the Copenhagen climate summit, this paper sheds some light on the different regional and national evaluations of the conference and analyzes how perceptions on the outcome of the conference vary between key countries and regions.
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publication series
Climate Change and the Right to Food –
December 7, 2009The study proposes concrete methods by which institutions can address climate change problems and realize the right to food symbiotically, in compliance with the principles of systemic integration under international law.
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Article
Post-Copenhagen: Swing time in the United States, Europe plays the Blues –
December 22, 2009 - The outcome of the Copenhagen climate conference will be discussed for years to come. While European governments are frustrated and disappointed, most climate advocates in the United States define Copenhagen as a success. Why is it Swing time in the US and Europe plays the climate Blues?
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U.N. Conference
panel discussion
Copenhagen, Climate Negotiations, and Transatlantic Relations –
December 3, 2009 With his announcement to attend the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, President Obama has raised expectations for a new global climate treaty. Heads of States and negotiating teams will convene to debate the outline for a strong political commitment that can eventually become a binding treaty in 2010. Please join us for this event.
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panel discussion
Copenhagen: What's the Deal? –
December 2, 2009
This event in Boston, MA will discuss the prospects of a new climate agreement after the UN summit in Copenhagen. In cooperation with the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis University and the Forum on Environmental Crisis.
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All Day Conference
Report
panel discussion
EU Troika Calls for Transatlantic Cimate Cooperation –
March 16, 2009
The European Environment Troika with the EU Commissioner for Environment and the Czech and Swedish Ministers of Environment called for enhanced transatlantic cooperation on climate and energy policy in view of the COP 15 in Copenhagen.
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