 IA FORUM ARTICLES |
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| Impoverished to Ravenous – 21st Century China and Sustainable Development |
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| Author examines impacts of development on China's sustainable development needs. By Anuradha Kataria. (07/19/2012) |
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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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| 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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| International Affairs Forum Interview: fmr. Ambassador Keith Smith |
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| International Affairs forum speaks with former Ambassador Keith Smith about Russia’s controversial energy policies. By Jennifer Ashton. (IA-Forum, 3/9/2006) |
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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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| 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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| 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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| FEATURED ELSEWHERE
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| China’s influence is growing rapidly in Central Asia at a time when the region is looking increasingly unstable. (02/27/2013, International Crisis Group) |
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| Analysis of oil reserve political effects in Iraq and potential tensions in the affected areas. By Seda Kirdar. (Tepav, 08/15/2012) |
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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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| 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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| Rather than anticipating and preparing for change, the United States has waited for change to be forced upon it, writes Michael Spence (03/20/2012, Project Syndicate) |
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| Thomas Evans asks why Israel looks unlikely to gain support for energy sanctions against Iran. (OpenDemocracy, 02/25/2010) |
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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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| Now that the boom has gone bust, both in Dubai and in the United States, Dubai is stuck with a glut of real estate that no one wants to buy or rent. Creditors and markets had always assumed that when push came to shove, its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi would bail out Dubai. But that assumption was called into question this week. By Tobin Harshaw. (The New York Times, 11/28/09) |
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| This Center for Preventive Action Contingency Planning Memorandum assesses the likelihood of an Israeli strike on Iran, the policy options available to diminish that likelihood, the implications should it take place, and measures that can be taken to mitigate the consequences should it occur. By Steven Simon. (The Council on Foreign Affairs - Nov 2009) |
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| This 2006 piece remains relevant to the current debate on the future of US and Global energy realities. By Patrick Moore. (The Washington Post, 04/16/2006) |
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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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| Peak oil is cast as largely rhetoric by an MIT-based energy consultant. By Michael Lynch. (The New York Times, 08/24/2009) |
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| The Nabucco pipeline is slowly moving closer to completion. Bülent Aras & Emre Iseri analyze the importance of this East-West artery for European gas supplies and the Turkish economy. (SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, 08/04/2009) |
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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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| James Kanter argues that the European Union will face difficulties in weaning its dependence on Russian gas, despite attempts such as planning the Nabucco pipeline through Turkey. (The New York Times, 07/17/2009) |
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| Iraqi leaders and the U.S. must manage increasing tensions between the Baghdad federal government and Kurdish authorities or face deadly violence following the U.S. troop withdrawal. (Crisis Group, 07/08/2009) |
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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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| 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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| 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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| The current paranoia over Russian expansion threatens to turn into outright hysteria as news emerges that a Russian company has acquired one-fifth of a Hungarian refinery. (By: Jeremy Druker, ISN 4/3/2009) |
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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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| Although Turkey and Russia face many of the same challenges, their national interests are sources of competition rather than common ground. By Reva Bhalla, Lauren Goodrich and Peter Zeihan. (Stratfor Geopolitical Intelligence Report, 03/17/2009) |
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| By discarding angry rhetoric and proceeding cautiously with negotiations, the US and Iran could discover substantial common interests. By Leonard S. Spector (Yale Global, 03/16/2009o) |
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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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| Global Co-operation can turn the sharp and frightening decline in worldwide consumption spending into a global opportunity to invest more in the world's future wellbeing. By Jeffrey Sachs (The Guardian, 02/22/2009) |
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| Capitalizing on its strategic location and vast reserves, Iran seeks to develop its role as a supplier of natural gas to the EU. Many view Tehran's propositions as questionable due to Iran's limited exporting capabilities and desire for political leverage. By Andrés Cala.(International Herald Tribune, 2/16/2009) |
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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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| Jörg Himmelreich argues that free-market policies and improved transparency in the energy sector are critical for Ukraine's security and economy - and by extension, Europe's access to natural gas. |
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| After Russia’s Gazprom cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine, Anders Aslund argues that the European Union needs to be more proactive in its energy policy and less passive in its response to the gas conflict. (Peterson Institute for International Economics, 01/08/2009) |
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| Article on the growth of radical Islam in Nigeria and its potential impact on regional and energy security. By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. and Brett Schaefer. (The Heritage Foundation,05/19/2004) |
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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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