A confluence of factors appears to be driving debate on the linkage between climate change and migration – but sound empirical evidence certainly is not one of them, writes Alexander Betts, director of GEG’s Global Migration Governance programme.
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20 Jan 2009 / Alexander Betts
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13 Jan 2009 / Christina Ward
Targeting the right audience, with the right incentives, may be the key to progress on the Millennium Cities Initiative, writes GEG guest blogger, Christina Ward.
On Wednesday, 10 December 2008 the Earth Institute of Columbia University hosted its second Millennium Cities Investment Day in London. The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI), founded in 2005, aims to assist nine selected mid-sized cities across sub-Saharan Africa, located near the Millennium Villages, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Perhaps the two of the most striking features of the conference were the different audiences being addressed and the differences in delivery across the country panels. -
04 Jan 2009 / Carolyn Deere
When the WTO starts its work for 2009 this week, three items must be at the top of the agenda: debating the selection and mandate of the agency’s Director-General (Pascal Lamy’s current four-year term will expire this August); setting a date for a full Ministerial Conference this year in Geneva; and forging a forward-looking agenda for that meeting.
