 IA FORUM ARTICLES |
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| IA Forum discusses India's water issues and policies with writer Anuradha Kataria. (04/30/2013) |
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| Why the Kyoto Mechanism Fails Again? |
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| Paper abstract: After a lot of hot air, the disillusioning epilogue of the Arab Facebook revolutions is more firearms and less confidence residing in the region, and a higher (moral, economic and political) carbon energy price everywhere else. By Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic. (01/20/2012) |
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| The Forum (Summer 2011 issue): The EU |
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| Our latest edition of The Forum features commentary and interviews from international experts discussing EU Security and The ECB, the Fed, and Economic Recovery. |
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| Legal status of displaced persons due to climate change |
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| Author provides in-depth look at legalities of displaced persons due to climate change. By Dr. Judit Toth (10/12/2010) |
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| In a preview of our upcoming special report, Dr. Arvind Panagariya discusses COP15 and balancing India's policies on climate change and economic growth. By M. Patel. (12/14/2009) |
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| Dr. Kamal El Kheshen, Vice President of the African Development Bank discussses the trade-off between climate change policies and economic growth policies in Africa. By M. Patel. (12/10/2009) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Dr. Mohammed Waheed, Vice President of Maldives, about the tradeoff between climate change policy and economic growth policy. (IA-Forum, 12/05/2009) |
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| The EU: A climate leader, but headed in the wrong direction |
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| Author argues that the EU's actions to mitigate climate change so far have fallen short of its rhetoric. By Indur M. Goklany. (09/20/2008) |
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| 2nd Place winning essay for IA-Forum Student Award. Author discusses EU efforts towards tackling global climate change. By Alysia Garmulewicz. (09/09/2008) |
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| 2008 IA-Forum Student Essay winning piece that examines the EU's efforts to arrest climate change. By Richard Benwell. (07/26/2008) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change's Elliot Diringer about the recent G8 summit. By Adam Kott. (IA Forum, 07/23/2008) |
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| The Public’s Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment in Malaysia |
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| Paper that examines environmental legislation in Malaysia within the constraints of the lack of open and honest public participation. By J. Vincent Chandran. (12/4/2006) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Bjørn Lomborg, author of the book "Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Climate Change," about the debate on climate change. By Trenton Truitt (IA-Forum, 11/05/07) |
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| EDITORIALS |
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| Climate change...are we running out of time? By Pratik Patil. (02/04/2013) |
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| Examines the quantitative and qualitative water issues facing India. By Anuradha Kataria (01/27/2013) |
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| Author examines potential impacts of climate change and policy options to combat it. By Julian Morris, International Policy Network. (12/09/2009) |
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| International organizations like the World Bank and the UN are supposed to help the world’s poor. Fully convinced about doing good by curbing carbon emissions, they are pushing an anti-development agenda that has direct, negative effects on human welfare.
By William Yeatman. (05/25/2009) |
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| William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, critiques EU efforts to tackle climate change. By William Yeatman, (IA-Forum, 09/05/2008) |
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| Roger Helmer, Member of the European parliament, debunks claims about the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). By Roger Helmer. (IA-Forum, 09/05/2008) |
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| Biofuels may be one of the dumber of the grand, well intentioned ideas of this decade. Yet they are here to stay, because of the Zeitgeist that says source-diversification is the Holy Grail of energy policy. By George Pieler and Jens F. Laurson (First published by the Atlantic Community, 05/26/2008) |
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| Keeping the planet green takes shades of grey, not black-and-white. In Ghana, one shade of grey to be reckoned with is the African Elephant, that noble beast protected by international treaties from hunting, harvesting, or poaching. By George A. Pieler & Jens F. Laurson (09/02/2008) |
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| The Emmy, Oscar, and Nobel Peace Prize committees all seem to agree: global warming exists, humans cause it, and without Al Gore, we'd all be doomed. By Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler (first published in the Claremont Review of Books online, 12/16/2007) |
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| Critiques the current energy situation in Europe and calls for a re-examination of policy and direction. By Guillaume Le Grand. (IA-Forum, 2/21/2007) |
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| FEATURED ELSEWHERE
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| UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability presents its report containing 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy as quickly as possible. (01/30/2012, United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (2012).) |
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| Rio+20 must launch SDGs to guide countries through complex development challenges, argues Colombian ministry official Paula Caballero Gómez. (05/24/2012, SciDev.Net) |
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| Understanding the present in the light of the past, we see only the problems, resulting in gloom. But understanding the present in the light of the future compels us to evolve and see the opportunities it points to. By Mikhail Gorbachev (Green Cross International) |
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| Relentless pursuit of economic growth without attention to employment, environmental protection and basic social comforts remains a recipe for global disaster, writes Jens Martens. (Yale Global, 09/20/2010) |
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| The question looming at Rio is whether the voluntary, bottom-up approach to global environmental governance will show any more promise. By Stewart M. Patrick (03/30/2012, Council on Foreign Relations) |
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| Eco-efficiency concepts should explicitly include social as well as economic and environmental criteria in agricultural output. By S. E. Park, S. M. Howden, S. J. Crimp, D. S. Gaydon, S. J. Attwood and P. N. Kokic. (Crop Science - 03/05/2010) |
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| The recently-announced biofuels initiatives announced represent progress in the right direction toward a clean transportation future. By Jake Caldwell. (The Center for American Progress - 02/08/2010) |
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| Reports from the Heritage Foundation and the Milken Institute are a distraction from the real debates on how best to secure our economy and national security, and protect our planet from the effects of climate change. By Rebecca Lefton. (The Center for American Progress - 02/03/2010) |
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| One set of President Obama's 2011 budget numbers tackles the threat posed by ever-rising federal deficits to our country’s long-term stability, and the other set provides the financial wherewithal for sustained economic recovery based on science and education. By Jonathan D. Moreno. (The Center for American Progress - 02/02/2010) |
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| Developing economies are some of the world leaders in clean technology, writes R. Sean Randolph (Yale Global, 01/29/2010) |
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| It is extraordinarily likely that the leaders meeting in Copenhagen will agree to something and congratulate themselves for it. For it to be meaningful, there are some challenges an agreement would have to overcome. By Philip I. Levy. (ForeignPolicy.com/AEI, 12/09/2009) |
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| President Obama has chosen to downplay the lack of freedom in China. By doing so, he gives up on a vital prerequisite for an effective, credible emission-control regime. By Lee Lane. (The American Enterprise Institute, 12/09/2009) |
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| In light of the UN's Copenhagen Climate Conference which began Monday, Israel is presented with the opportunity to join the likes of Western nations in creating a framework for climate change mitigation. By Ivri Verbin. (www.Jpost.com, 12/08/2009) |
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| Paul Krugman examines climatologist James Hansen's inability to link climate policy with economic policy. By Paul Krugman. (The New York Times, 12/07/2009) |
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| President Obama is planning to announce the employment of cap-and-trade policy as a centerpiece of America's contribution to curb emissions. The plan, however, merely allows polluters and Wall Street traders to fleece the public out of billions of dollars. By James Hansen. (The New York Times, 12/06/2009) |
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| Farmers can benefit economically and be at the cutting edge of energy development while having their resources employed correctly. By Jake Caldwell. (The Center for American Progress, 12/02/2009) |
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| Obama’s decision to declare a phony negotiating victory undermines the UN process by signaling that rich countries will do what they want and must no longer listen to the “pesky” concerns of many smaller and poorer countries, writes Jeffrey Sachs (Project Syndicate, 12/21/2009) |
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| The recent revelations from East Anglia show that what's really at work is a very large clique of scientists is attempting to excommunicate perceived heretics for reasons that have more to do with psychology and sociology than physics or climatology. By Jonah Goldberg. (USA Today, 12/01/2009) |
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| In an age of climate change and deepening inequality, the spreading Naxalite insurgency in India - not al-Qaida - may show the world its future. (Open Democracy, 11/05/2009) |
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| The political and fiscal realities of getting back on the road to being a nuclear energy leader by 2030 are discussed. By Kathrine Ling (The New York Times, 10/27/2009) |
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| We should learn from the financial crisis that if risks are ignored, the eventual consequences are inevitably worse. By Nicholas Stern (Project Syndicate, 10/15/2009) |
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| While accepting binding targets internationally still remains out of the question, India is now underlining that it is important for it to take on national commitments to enhance its global credibility. By Harsh V Pant (International Relations and Security Network ,09/30/2009) |
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| Formation of US trade barriers with India and China to curb energy-intensive production in in areas with weak emissions controls may do more economic harm than environmental good. by Sallie James (Cato Institute 9/9/09) |
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| Given what is happening in the Himalayas, India should be in the forefront of limiting emissions rather than leading in finger- pointing against others to satisfy the commercial interests of local industrialist. (Asia Sentinal, 09/03/2009) |
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| Kemal Dervis testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on America’s critical role in supporting climate change adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable communities. (Brookings Institution, 07/23/2009) |
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| The global economic recession has translated into a development crisis for Africa, writes Kofi A. Annan. (Project Syndicate, 07/13/2009) |
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| The world could actually enhance economic output and welfare by pursuing a path of mitigation, writes IPCC Chairman, R. K. Pachauri (Project Syndicate, 07/01/2009). |
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| Adele Morris, Deputy Director for Climate and Energy Economics at Brookings Institution, speaks about America's recent pledge to climate change, prospects for Copenhaven, and working with countries such as China, India and Mexico on global climate change. (Brookings, 7/1/2009) |
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| This article analyzes the empirical evidence that rising temperatures are negatively correlated with economic growth in poorer countries. By Melissa Dell, Benjamin Jones, and Benjamin Olken (International Growth Centre, 7/18/2009) |
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| Revisiting the "limits to growth" theory, the director of Share the World's Resources considers why political leaders are taking so little action on climate change. By Rajesh Makwana (Global Policy, 05/26/2009) |
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| We must think about and work to advance the sustainability agenda for what it really is: a prosperity agenda, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (Project Syndicate, 05/22/2009) |
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| The remote, rebellious western provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang are China’s poorest, but they hold vast natural wealth which Beijing is determined to control. By Parag Khanna (Prospect, June 2009) |
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| Without massive and rapid intervention to address environmental degradation, food shortages and subsequent government collapses could threaten the world order, says Lester R. Brown. (Scientific American, May 2009) |
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| The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this year will be the moment in history when humanity can rise to the challenge and decisively deal with the issue, writes Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC. (Project Syndicate, 04/05/2009) |
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| The G-20 meeting in London on April 2 offers hope for a true global effort to repair the failing world economy. This is the time and place to launch the global drive toward sustainability, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs. (Project Syndicate, 03/29/09) |
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| This paper criticizes the notion that China will begin cutting emissions if the US does. By Derek Scissors (Heritage Foundation, 03/05/2009). |
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| Asian Development Bank provides $100 Million yearly to Philippines. This is for the latest technology lights development. This kind of support not only will enhance economic growth of the country but also will contribute to the environmental protection. (ADB, 02/02/2009) |
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| In light of the recent Russia-Ukraine dispute over natural gas, the European Union re-examines its energy and climate policies. By Toni Johnson. (Council on Foreign Relations, 2/2/2009) |
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| For many climate-change experts, the Copenhagen summit was something of a failure. In order to make real progress on pressing climate issues, policymakers must give up on a binding deal and begin to look outside the UN process. By Michael Levi. (Foreign Affairs - 02/22/2010) |
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| Article stressing the importance of educating Africans on earthquakes and it's disastrous effects.
By Hartnady
(SciDev.Net, 11/11/2009) |
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| Article discussing H.P's effort on responsible recycling in Africa.
By Erica Gies(The New York Times, 05/24/2009) |
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| The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice, writes former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore. (The New York Times, 11/09/2008) |
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| Former CIA director R. James Woolsey discusses oil dependence as a multidirectional national security threat. He asserts that reducing foreign oil dependence matters less than a reduction in domestic transportation oil demand. By Stephen D. Solomon (Scientific American Earth 3.0, 10/08) |
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| Dwindling supplies and no plan B – are we heading for Mad Max scenario? By Ashley Seager. (The Guardian, 10/26/2009) |
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| A Stimson Center report discusses the need for improved intelligence sharing in a threat environment that includes pandemics, natural disaster, and terrorism with much relevant information outside traditional collection mechanisms. The issue is made more complicated by a wider array of customers and stakeholders. By Katherine McIntire Peters (Government Executive, 10/20/08) |
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| With the environmental situation reaching crisis point, it is time to stop pretending that mindlessly chasing economic growth is compatible with sustainability. By Tim Jackson (New Scientist, 10/16/2008) |
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| Sheryl Gay Stolberg projects cautious optimism on the climate change policies hammered out over the weekend's G8 summit, pointing out that the summit marked the first time world powers have committed in principle to emissions cuts. (NYT, 7/10/2008) |
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| A remote corner of Amazonian rainforest has become a repository of environmental expectations – and fears, says Vanessa Baird (New Internationalist, 07/01/2008) |
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| Relying largely on public sources of information, the Intelligence Community has issued a National Intelligence Assessment (NIA) on the global security implications of climate change. Among other judgments, the report warns of the spillover effects from increased migration and water conflicts. By Kevin Whitelaw (U.S. News & World Report, 6/25/08) |
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| Arctic policy is already a dense network of legal and political agreements between different national and supranational stakeholders. Now the European Union wants to play a greater role. By Gerd Braune (Internationale Politik, Spring 2009) |
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