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URBEINGRECORDED » Discontinuity & Opportunity in a Hyper-Connected World 25/01/12
Great discussion of complexity and network theory and its relevance to global risks, from Chris Arkenberg
The Emissions Gap Report 09/12/11
This publication aims to assess the following questions: are countries’ pledges of action collectively consistent with and, if implemented, likely to achieve the 2˚C and 1.5˚C temperature goals? I. […]
The Spectator runs false sea-level claims on its cover 06/12/11
These claims rely on misinterpretations of scientific data so grave that even an arts graduate such as Fraser Nelson should have been able to spot them.
Europe’s Insult Diplomacy - Infographic 06/11/11
British Prime Minister David Cameron called French President Nicolas Sarkozy “a hidden dwarf” as part of a joke told to a journalist. German Chancellor Angela Merkel referred to Sarkozy as “Mr.. […]
Solar Power's Good News 04/11/11
The White House has challenged the solar industry to produce clean electricity at $1 per watt. It has also set a national goal to achieve 80 percent clean energy use by 2035…The good news is that re. […]
BBC News - Viewpoint: Is the alcohol message all wrong? 13/10/11
"The effects of alcohol on behaviour are determined by cultural rules and norms, not by the chemical actions of ethanol."
Something's Happening Here - NYT - Tom Friedman 12/10/11
When you see spontaneous social protests erupting from Tunisia to Tel Aviv to Wall Street, it’s clear that something is happening globally that needs defining
Foreign Aid Set to Take Hit in U.S. Budget Crisis - NYTimes.com 09/10/11
America’s budget crisis at home is forcing the first significant cuts in overseas aid in nearly two decades
Israel - Adrift at Sea Alone - NYTimes.com 21/09/11
Tom Friedman bemoans "the most diplomatically inept and strategically incompetent government in Israel’s history"
Eurozone: A nightmare scenario - FT.com 21/09/11
How it could all go pear-shaped - your cut-out-and-keep flow chart guide
Sharp fall in poor countries' dependency on foreign aid says ActionAid report 14/09/11
Aid dependency among 54 of the world’s poorest countries has declined by a third over the last decade, according to a new report from ActionAid.
World environment programs in budget crosshairs | Reuters 13/09/11
Global conservation programs are prime targets for budget-cutting: they sit at the crossroads of two things Americans dislike spending money on, aid and environment.
Attack of the Superweed - BusinessWeek 13/09/11
widespread use of Roundup has led to the evolution of far-tougher-to-eradicate strains of weeds
Jon Stewart Says Rick Perry Is the Candidate Republicans Want, and Deserve 13/09/11
Laugh out loud funny
Global reach is the prize at Busan - Resources - Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 13/09/11
Jonathan Glennie and Andrew Rogerson on what you need to know ahead of the big aid effectiveness summit
When Bloggers Don’t Follow the Script, to ConAgra’s Chagrin - NYTimes.com 13/09/11
Ha ha ha - epic PR #fail
Obama backs down on tighter smog regulations | World news | The Guardian 12/09/11
In case you missed it. Yes we can...
Wikileaked cable: executions of children by US forces in Iraq 31/08/11
Wikileaked cable with harrowing reports of US forces handcuffing and then killing 10 people - including children aged 5 years, 3 years and 5 months.
BBC News - Tests show fastest way to board passenger planes 31/08/11
The way airlines board planes turns out to be the least efficient
New sources of aid: Charity begins abroad | The Economist 31/08/11
"The establishment donors’ aid monopoly is finished."
Who Doomed Sarah Palin's Presidential Dream? | TPMDC 30/08/11
Where did it all go wrong for Sarah?
The Intergenerational Foundation 30/08/11
"We believe that each generation should pay its own way, which is not happening at present."
Should we have a land value tax? - MoneyWeek 29/08/11
Discussion of pros and cons for the UK, following an article by OECD's chief economist in Prospect
Toward a Post-2015 Development Paradigm | Centre for International Governance Innovation | Centre pour l'innovation dans la gouvernance internationale 29/08/11
12 new development goals are proposed to replace the MDGs from 2015 - the outcome of an IFRC / CIGI conference at Bellagio
China Gets (Needlessly) Defensive Over Famine in Africa - China Real Time Report - WSJ 29/08/11
Germany's Africa policy coordinator causes dispute by singling out Chinese landgrabs as a culprit in the Horn of Africa famine
Latin America: A toxic trade - FT.com 24/08/11
Must read broadside against probably the most stupid and avoidable public policy screw-up in recent memory: the war on drugs
The intellectual collapse of left and right - FT.com 23/08/11
Michael Lind on how the economic inclusion narratives of centre left and centre right are simultaneously imploding - must read
Julia Gillard back to rock-bottom: Newspoll | The Australian 23/08/11
Bad news for supporters of green taxes and decisive action on climate change
Oxfam’s looking for a new Head of Research 23/08/11
A plum role is up for grabs
The global crisis of institutional legitimacy | Felix Salmon 22/08/11
"Our hearts want government to come through and save the economy. But our heads know that it’s not going to happen."
UBS' George Magnus On Marxist Existential Crises And The "Convulsions Of A Political Economy" | ZeroHedge 22/08/11
Not every day you see investment banks publishing detailed analysis of Karl Marx
Food Prices Could Hit Tipping Point for Global Unrest | Wired Science | Wired.com 19/08/11
New quant research on thresholds over which high food prices cause riots
Ambassador Locke Picks Up His Own Coffee, Gains 'Hero' Status Among Chinese : The Two-Way : NPR 18/08/11
Some pictures of the brand new U.S. ambassador to China are causing quite a stir.
Jon Stewart | Ron Paul | Michele Bachmann | Mediaite 18/08/11
Jon Stewart breaks down the state of play on the Republican Presidential race
The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution › When? 16/08/11
Some properly out of the box thinking from Vinay Gupta. Must-read.
England’s riots: If the UK were a fragile state… | Dan Smith's blog 16/08/11
By the head of a leading peacebuilding NGO
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder From 9/11 Still Haunts - NYTimes.com 10/08/11
At least 10,000 New Yorkers still have PTSD from 9/11
The unlikely social network fuelling the Tottenham riots « The Urban Mashup Blog 07/08/11
Not Twitter, not Facebook but.... Blackberry Messenger
Mapping world food price volatility | Nourishing the Planet 06/08/11
Clickable map of global food price hotspots
Will the 2012 Earth Summit be a flop? > From Poverty to Power 02/08/11
Great summary of the state of play on Rio 2012 from Oxfam's Sarah Best
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