Showing posts with label energy and food security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy and food security. Show all posts

Friday, December 09, 2011

Durban may be where seeds of new climate plan are planted, or where current one meets its doom

DURBAN, South Africa — As a global climate conference enters the home stretch, it’s likely that the 194 nations represented will reach some consensus on how to respond to the emissions that are warming the planet.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Challenge for Global Cooperation

The state of the world is fraught with unprecendented imbalances and tremendous risks, and institutions are struggling to keep up with the changing times.

From a lack of progress on international trade and climate change negotiations to challenges involved in meeting energy and food security and the Millennium Development Goals, we are witnessing a number of failures in international governance. Moreover, the 2008-2009 global financial crisis starkly illustrated the systemic nature of risks, demonstrating how the integration of financial and trade markets quickly transmit turbulence in one economy regionally and internationally.