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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:51:48 +0000

[...] on the questions discussed by ministers and high-level representatives in the Belgrade Process. Pingjian Yang, Director of the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations (pictured left) [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:13:14 +0000

[...] Purbanchal University Affiliate, Nepal will host two events on global environmental governance. Bala Raju Nikku (pictured left), lead event organizer, is Head of the Department of Social Work and one of thirteen [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:55:19 +0000

[...] development through policy, law, and the democratic participation of society. Executive Director María Eugenia Di Paola, was selected as a one of thirteen Global Environmental Governance Project Emerging Leaders to [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:19:41 +0000

[...] John Matuszak, National Defense University Professor Greg Foster, and GEG Project Emerging Leader Kristen Hite. Each speaker was asked to contribute their thoughts on selected topics. Division Chief Matuszak [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:42:12 +0000

[...] Joe Ageyo, award-winning environmental journalist at NTV Kenya, is producer and director of Quest for Leadership and GEG Project Director, Maria Ivanova, is executive producer. The movie is available below as well as on our Multimedia page. Please note, viewing the video below requires Adobe Flash Player, click here to download. [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:13:49 +0000

[...] Leader and Environmental Law Professor at the University of South Carolina, Cinnamon Carlarne, has been named one of the University’s seventeen rising stars for her contributions and [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:29:04 +0000

[...] of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, GEG Project Emerging Leader Negusu Aklilu analyzes the outcomes in the business newspaper Addis Fortune. Aklilu points out that certain [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:11:23 +0000

[...] Joe Ageyo, journalist at Kenya’s NTV and one of the emerging leaders in the GEG Project, reported daily from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. His interviews included UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, Chair of the G-77 Ambassador Lumumba Di-Aping, and European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek. Among the many stories from the conference, Ageyo lent much of his coverage to the ongoing conflict between developing countries’ needs and the response from developed countries. View Joe Ageyo’s videos here on our Multimedia tab. [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:15:39 +0000

[...] Philip Osano, a doctoral candidate at McGill University and GEG Emerging Leader has become regular host with the Kenyan Broadcasting Company television program, “Eco-Show.” The hour-long program discusses relevant environmental issues, including global environmental governance and Kenyan-specific environmental concerns. Prior to his hosting position in September 2009, Osano himself was featured in an hour-long segment on global environmental governance. As host, Osano has conducted four major interviews, including one with John Scanlon, principal adviser to UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner and GEG Forum participant, two with Dr. Kevin Urama of the Africa Technology Policy Studies/African Society for Ecological Economics, on economic growth and environment in Africa as well as a mid-term review of the Copenhagen Conference, and the latest with Professor Sir Brian Heath of Cambridge University and President of the European Academy of Sciences Advisory Council. Share this post with others: [...]

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The Global Environmental Governance Project — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:21:40 +0000

[...] Kristen Hite, one of the GEG Emerging Leaders, participated in a side event on a potential UNFCCC complaint mechanism for REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) on November 4, 2009 in Barcelona. The mechanism would help secure the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and traditional forest dependent communities. Kristen Hite, who works as a staff attorney for the Climate Program at the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington DC, outlined six key principles for the design of such a complaint mechanism: accessibility, transparency, independence, credibility, efficiency and effectiveness. You can watch her full presentation here (starts at min. 15.43 of the video). Moreover, the slides of Kristen Hite’s talk are available for download. Share this post with others: [...]