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How the Resource Curse Manipulates Good Governance in Australia
Written by Lourdes Gomez
Natural Resources are supposed to be the greatest gift a country could discover. Undoubtedly, Australia takes advantage of this gift they have discovered. You can “discover” land and resource, but are you really “discovering” it or just finding it again? In a world where everything is about ‘getting rights to […]
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International Climate Policy
Written by Henrik Scheller
Interview with Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. He is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a member of Deutsche Bank’s Climate Change Advisory Board. Professor Schellnhuber, can you outline from a scientific perspective why there is an urgent need to take action on global climate protection? To […]
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On a Mission to End Oil
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Better Place: Green Transportation & Mobility I’ve heard Shai Agassi’s story for the first time in January 2007. It was at DLD Conference in Munich. Since then I am wondering about all the people he has already hooked up with: mayors, CEOs, investors, statesmen, car dealers … incredible carbon footprint […]
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Civil society reaches every corner of the globe, even the frozen North
Written by Tom Fries
The International Institute for Strategic Studies refers repeatedly to the role of civil society in addressing new questions about the thawing Arctic on www.realclearworld.org. Read more
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World Commission on Dams
Written by Tom Fries
The World Commission on Dams is one of the first examples of a broad-based, consensus-seeking project on a global issue. Read more
