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30 Climate COPs Later

Stories from Canadian Participants

by Christophe Aura, Caroline Brouillette, Miyuki Qiajunnguaq Daoran, Dane de Souza, Dalee Sambo Dorough, Rosa Galvez, Kate Gillis, Piita Irniq, Richard Kinley, Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk, Alexina Kublu, Susie-Ann Kudluk, Jean Lemire, Elizabeth May, David Miller, Sara Olsvig, Mark Purdon, Graeme Reed, Patrick Rondeau, Anne Simpson, Dominique Souris, John Stackhouse, Catherine Stewart, Berry Vrbanovic, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Erin Myers ...

Since their inception, the United Nations Climate Change Conferences—or Conference of the Parties (COPs)—have shaped the global response to climate change. These high-stakes gatherings bring together world leaders, scientists, activists, and policymakers to negotiate the future of our planet. Yet, despite increasing media attention, the inner workings of these forums remain complex and often ... Read more

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Since their inception, the United Nations Climate Change Conferences—or Conference of the Parties (COPs)—have shaped the global response to climate change. These high-stakes gatherings bring together world leaders, scientists, activists, and policymakers to negotiate the future of our planet. Yet, despite increasing media attention, the inner workings of these forums remain complex and often
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The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries

Carbon Markets, Climate Funds, and the State

by Mark Purdon ...

Series series Studies in Comparative Energy and Environmental Politics
There is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant, positive impacts on global climate efforts. There is much debate, however, on the most effective strategy for unlocking these low-cost mitigation opportunities. While the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) emerged as the main climate finance instrument for engaging developing countries ... Read more

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There is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant, positive impacts on global climate efforts. There is much debate, however, on the most effective strategy for unlocking these low-cost mitigation opportunities. While the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) emerged as the main climate finance instrument for engaging developing countries
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Canada after Harper

His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

by Ed Finn ...

Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Read more

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Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper
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Thinking Government

Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition

by David Johnson ...

Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition introduces students to power relations between elected politicians and unelected public servants, while also covering important topics such as the institutions of the federal government, financial and human resources management, and accountability and responsibility. Johnson explores the ways that the ideological ... Read more

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Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition introduces students to power relations between elected politicians and unelected public servants, while also covering important topics such as the institutions of the federal government, financial and human resources management, and accountability and responsibility. Johnson explores the ways that the ideological
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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate

by Dani Rodrik ...

New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world’s leaders continue to pursue outdated policies that focus on one while worsening the tradeoffs between each of them. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three ... Read more

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New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world’s leaders continue to pursue outdated policies that focus on one while worsening the tradeoffs between each of them. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three
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Fixing Failed States

A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World

by Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart ...

Today between forty and sixty nations, home to more than one billion people, have either collapsed or are teetering on the brink of failure. The world's worst problems--terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, absolute poverty, ethnic conflict, disease, genocide--originate in such states, and the international community has devoted billions of dollars to solving the problem. Yet by and large the ... Read more

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Today between forty and sixty nations, home to more than one billion people, have either collapsed or are teetering on the brink of failure. The world's worst problems--terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, absolute poverty, ethnic conflict, disease, genocide--originate in such states, and the international community has devoted billions of dollars to solving the problem. Yet by and large the
... Read more
The Adaptable Country

How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century

by Alasdair Roberts ...

Series Book 3 - Canadian Essentials
Shifting geopolitics, regional conflicts, climate change, and technology shocks: these are just some of the factors that will make the twenty-first century dangerous for Canada. Adaptability, the capacity to anticipate and manage dangers, is essential for the country to survive and thrive. But Canada is not as adaptable as it once was.In The Adaptable Country Alasdair Roberts explains what this ... Read more

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Shifting geopolitics, regional conflicts, climate change, and technology shocks: these are just some of the factors that will make the twenty-first century dangerous for Canada. Adaptability, the capacity to anticipate and manage dangers, is essential for the country to survive and thrive. But Canada is not as adaptable as it once was.In The Adaptable Country Alasdair Roberts explains what this
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Project 2025

A Deep Dive into the Policies and Impacts of a Conservative Vision to Reshape America's Future

by Antonio G. Lanier ...

Gain critical insights into how Project 2025's conservative policies will influence America's political, economic, and social landscape.In "Project 2025: A Deep Dive into the Policies and Impacts of a Conservative Vision to Reshape America's Future," you will gain an in-depth understanding of this ambitious project designed to reshape the socio-political and economic landscape of the United States ... Read more

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Gain critical insights into how Project 2025's conservative policies will influence America's political, economic, and social landscape.In "Project 2025: A Deep Dive into the Policies and Impacts of a Conservative Vision to Reshape America's Future," you will gain an in-depth understanding of this ambitious project designed to reshape the socio-political and economic landscape of the United States
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Essential Work, Disposable Workers

Migration, Capitalism and Class

by Mostafa Henaway ...

Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly exploitative ideas of “managed migration” are presented as reasonable and just.And temporary worker programs, championed by countries like Canada and the US, are presented as an acceptable response to both acute ... Read more

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Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly exploitative ideas of “managed migration” are presented as reasonable and just.And temporary worker programs, championed by countries like Canada and the US, are presented as an acceptable response to both acute
... Read more
State of the World 2014

Governing for Sustainability

by The Worldwatch Institute, David W. Orr, Tom Prugh, Michael Renner, John Gowdy, Robert Engelman, Michael L. Weber, Conor Seyle, Matthew Wilburn King, Matt Leighninger, Diana Lind, Monty Hempel, Peter Brown, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Cormac Cullinan, Isabel Hilton, Sam Geall, Shakuntala Makhijani, Aaron Sachs, Inge Kaul, Maria Ivanova, Rick Worthington, Sean Sweeney, Dr., Thomas Palley, Gar Alperovitz, Colleen Cordes, David Bollier, Burns Weston, Petra Bartosiewicz, Marissa Miley, Evan Musolino, Katie Auth, Nina Netzer, Judith Gouverneur, Josephine Mitschke, Ian Johnson, Yu Hongyuan ...

Series series State of the World
Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other ... Read more

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Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other
... Read more
Divided Nations: Why global governance is failing, and what we can do about it

Why global governance is failing, and what we can do about it

by Ian Goldin ...

With rapid globalization, the world is more deeply interconnected than ever before. While this has its advantages, it also brings with it systemic risks that are only just being identified and understood. Rapid urbanization, together with technological leaps, such as the Internet, mean that we are now physically and virtually closer than ever in humanity's history. We face a number of ... Read more

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With rapid globalization, the world is more deeply interconnected than ever before. While this has its advantages, it also brings with it systemic risks that are only just being identified and understood. Rapid urbanization, together with technological leaps, such as the Internet, mean that we are now physically and virtually closer than ever in humanity's history. We face a number of
... Read more
Superpower Europe

The European Union's Silent Revolution

by Marc De Vos ...

The European Union is in a state of revolution. In response to new global realities from the climate crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine to the emerging cold war with China, the EU is transforming into a federal superpower in a new world order.In this timely intervention, Marc De Vos gets to the heart of the challenges facing the European Union as it undergoes this silent ... Read more

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The European Union is in a state of revolution. In response to new global realities from the climate crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine to the emerging cold war with China, the EU is transforming into a federal superpower in a new world order.In this timely intervention, Marc De Vos gets to the heart of the challenges facing the European Union as it undergoes this silent
... Read more

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