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Hot topic: Climate justice–inclusive sustainable development
By Making It on 24 February, 2012
Mary Robinson on putting justice for the poor at the heart of the climate debate
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, climate change, Climate Justice, Cold War, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, entrepreneurship, environment, global security community, green industry, green technology, HIV/AIDS, human rights, human security, humanitarian responsibility, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Foundation, migration, militarizing climate change, MRFCJ, NATO, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, rio+20, social, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources, women's leadership, World Conference on Sustainable Development, World Development Report 2012
Hot topic: Rethinking climate security
By Making It on 24 February, 2012
Corinne Schoch asks if militarizing climate change might harm those communities most affected by the problem
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, climate change, Climate Change Group, Cold War, Corinne Schoch, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, environment, global security community, green industry, HIV/AIDS, human security, humanitarian responsibility, IIED, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, International Institute for Environment and Development, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, migration, militarizing climate change, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources
The ‘new bottom billion’
By Making It on 10 August, 2011
Defining governance challenges in the era of globalization, and outlining some policy implications resulting from the revelation that most of the world’s poor live in middle-income countries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged accountability, adaptation, agribusiness, aid instruments, Andy Sumner, Angola, Cameroon, China, climate change, community, demography, development assistance, development policy, economic growth, éducation, financial responsibility, Global, global warming, globalization, governance, government, healthcare, humanitarian situations, income, India, Indonesia, Industrial Development, inequality, insecurity, Institute of Development Studies, International, issue 6, issue 7, knowledge, LICs, low-income countries, magazine, Making It, MDG, MICs, middle-income countries, migration, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goals, new bottom billion, Nigeria, official development assistance, Pakistan, policy, policymakers, poor, population, poverty, poverty reduction, R2P, relative poverty, resources, responsibility to protect, rich, security, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan, tax, trade, transitioning, understanding, UNICEF, UNIDO, United Nations, urbanization, wealth, World Bank, World Development Indicators
The challenges faced by small island states
By Making It on 23 March, 2011
An interview with Satish Chand on island states, rising sea levels, and economic dynamics created by their small size and isolation
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 2011, Africa, aid, airport, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, Caribbean, coconut, coral, culture, customs, economic vulnerability, éducation, employment, environment, ethnic group, export, fertility, Fiji, fishing, freshwater, Gambia, GDP, global warming, Guadacanal, health, Indian Ocean, infrastructure, instability, land, landlocked, language, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, low-lying islands, Malaita, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, Marshall Islands, migration, mobility, Nepal, ocean, pacific, Pacific Island states, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, production, Satish Chand, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Solomon Islands, temperature, territory, tourism, unesco, vulnerable, water, World Bank
Modernizing multilateralism for a multi-polar world
By Making It on 4 October, 2010
No more geopolitics as usual. Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, sees a changing international arena.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged climate change, demographics, developing countries, development, disease, Doha Round, efficiency, electriciy, energy, environment, financial reform, G-20, G-7, geopolitics, global economy, globalization, government, growth, innovation, international issues, internet, legitimacy, migration, multi-polar global economy, multi-polar system, multilateralism, mutual interests, network, NGO, post-conflict states, poverty, productivity, protectionism, resources, solidarity, water, World Bank, world trade, Zoellick