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- Beyond Business as Usual, Richard Samans
- Myth vs. Reality on International Climate
Change Negotiations, Rebecca Lefton, Andrew Light, and Daniel Weiss
- Energy and Climate Talks in the Lead-up
to Copenhagen, Andrew Light
- Engagement at Economic Forums Critical
for Climate Change Success, Andrew Light
- What to Expect at the G20, Sabina Dewan
- Assessing Afghan Strategy, Brian Katulis
- Government Legitimacy Critical for Afghan
Policy, Brian Katulis
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Richard Samans,
"Beyond Business as Usual: G-20 Leaders and Post-Crisis Reconstitution
of the International Economic Order," Center for
American Progress, September 18, 2009
Every country today has a vital interest in creating a stronger
positive feedback loop of more broadly shared participation in the
benefits of global economic integration among and within countries.
This common political imperative has made conditions ripe for an
unprecedented exercise in international economic cooperation to
strengthen the world economy’s virtuous circle by upgrading its
enabling institutions.
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read the full report.
Rebecca Lefton,
Andrew Light, and Daniel Weiss, "Myth vs. Reality on International
Climate Change Negotiations," Center for American Progress, September
22, 2009
Both
China and India ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which was intended to
bring developing countries into the fold as full partners in the global
reduction of carbon pollution. Both countries are also part of other
diplomatic processes that could help form the basis of an international
agreement, such as the Major Economies Forum. ... Indeed, the United
States and China have already moved forward with
promising agreements. The U.S. Department of Energy and China joined in
a partnership
in June to improve building efficiency and create sustainable
communities that are powered with renewable sources. The two countries
then in July signed a Memorandum of Understanding
agreeing to engage in policy dialogue on climate change, and to
cooperate on capacity building, research, development, and deployment
of low-carbon technology.
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read the full article.
Ask the Expert
- Andrew Light describes mixed progress in the smaller meetings being
conducted in forums like the G20 in advance of the December Copenhagen
summit on climate change: "On the one hand there's been a lot of
progress on language for a new treaty that will replace the Kyoto
Protocol, which will expire in 2012. On the other hand, these meetings
have also revealed some of the deep disagreements among countries that
still exist in terms of coming up with a solution to global climate
change.."
Clean Skies News
- Andrew Light argues that meetings at economic forums like the G20 are
critical for progress on climate changes: "The environment ministers
[at Copenhagen] can really only do so much.. it's the men and
women who control the checkbooks at the various countries in the world
who really have to sign off, to give an approval, for any agreement of
this size. ... So it's essential that you engage them."
Ask the Expert
- Sabina Dewan previews the likely agenda for the upcoming G20 summit:
"With the economic crisis starting to abate, what we are likely to see
is that the agenda for this upcoming Pittsburgh G20 meeting will evolve
beyond addressing financial issues like corporate bonuses and
regulation and reforming international financial institutions, to
include how to make progress in addressing global climate change in
advance of the Copenhagen meeting."
Wisconsin Public Radio - Brian
Katulis discusses the ongoing strategy debate over Afghanistan:
"We're still in a period here in the Washington debate discussing
realistic goals, realistic objectives, things that we can do, things
that we can possibly get done... trying to define what it is we need to
get done there."
The World
- Brian Katulis suggests that while the electoral process is still
ongoing in Afghanistan, "If you don’t have leaders who are seen
as actually holding power with
legitimacy in their own country, it really creates a weak foundation
for building an overall Afghanistan policy."
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Colombia: Peace,
Reconciliation and Development
September 29, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Colombia
recently hosted the first International Congress on Disarmament,
Demobilization and Reintegration, or DDR, which has become a critical
ingredient in consolidating stability and building peace in countries
emerging from conflict.
Frank Pearl, High Commissioner for Peace and High
Counselor for
Social and Economic Reintegration will discuss the steps Colombia is
taking to reintegrate former combatants, gain widespread community
support and involvement in the reintegration process, reduce extreme
poverty and inequality, and create a more stable and peaceful Colombia.
Colombia's approach to DDR recognizes that its long-standing internal
conflict cannot be solved through military means alone and holds
promise as a model for other countries and regions of the world dealing
with armed internal conflicts.
Introduction by:
Louis Caldera,
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Featured Speaker:
Frank Pearl,
High Commissioner for Peace and High Counselor for Social and Economic
Reintegration, Republic of Colombia
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