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Smart Grids. Part II
This video shows the importance of smart grids focussing on energy supply in Austria (in German). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQmyb05qA9k&feature=related
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China vs. the US: The Battle for Oil
China and the United States are the world’s biggest consumers of oil. To understand the impact that oil reserves can have on the governance of a resource-rich country it is equally important to take into account the role of oil-consuming countries.
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Wangari Maathai: Resources and Conflict
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai speaks on the relationship between scarce natural resources and global conflict.
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Paul Collier: Curse of Natural Resources
Oxford Professor Paul Collier talks about the natural resource curse and makes suggestions on how to overcome it.
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People – Oil – Policy: playing between welfare and curse
“What we are currently thinking about is how to avoid the resource curse through two things, first, how to make oil and gas revenues transparent, and second, how to increase citizen’s participation in sustainable development planning” says Kunarto Marzuki. Best practices from Indonesia.