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As it becomes clear that western culture is ill-equipped to adequately respond to climate change, demand for alternative forms of climate data is growing. In Australia the knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples is attracting particular attention for its capacity to provide rich information about local level […]

Paper by Halina Ward: Democracy and climate change: why and what matters. Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110808172141-5cd34d546d054c23aafa2bbcce46f44f docname=democracy-and-climate-change-why-and-what-matters username=stevefromthechurch loadinginfotext=The%20Future%20of%20Democracy%20in%20the%20Face%20of%20Climate%20Change showhtmllink=true tag=climate%20change width=420 height=297 unit=px]

A policy paper by Peter Burnell on climate change and democratisation, used by the Boell Foundation as the beginning of an informed debate on this very complex relationship. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110808171111-d444f5092be34b6dbe0603eb1f2381ee docname=peter_burnell username=stevefromthechurch loadinginfotext=Climate%20change%20and%20democratization showhtmllink=true tag=climate%20change width=420 height=297 unit=px]

CSGR Working Paper 257/09, Peter Burnell, January 2009 [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110808170508-bcb384c7dd854049a8388968c6fbf623 docname=25709 username=stevefromthechurch loadinginfotext=Is%20democratization%20bad%20for%20global%20warming%3F showhtmllink=true tag=climate%20change width=420 height=297 unit=px]

By setting out a range of focused governance and policy recommendations, this paper proposes steps for reforging a rules-based politics, from the nation state to the global level. To coherently combine democracy, markets and universal standards, global governance systems need to develop into inclusive and representative institutions with the legitimacy […]