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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 10, 2019
Climate Change
Impact of Climate Risk on the Energy System
Climate change poses risks to energy security, financial markets, and national security. Energy companies and local, state, and federal governments need to better prepare to face these challenges.
June 20, 2012
South Korea
Three Hurdles for Emissions Trading Scheme
Introduction After months of roadblocks that seemed to signal the demise of South Korea's proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS), the South Korean parliament passed legislation establishing an ET…
July 29, 2010
Climate Change
After Copenhagen
Overview Climate change is the most difficult collective action problem the world has ever faced, yet global governance frameworks have failed to yield progress toward a solution. The Copenhagen c…
November 30, 2011
Myanmar
Conditional Normalization with Myanmar
Over the past year, Myanmar, ruled for five decades by the military, has undergone its most dramatic reforms in decades. A new civilian government has begun opening the economy, freeing political pri…
May 11, 2012
Human Rights
The Global Human Rights Regime
This page is part of the Global Governance Monitor. Scope of the Challenge Although the concept of human rights is abstract, how it is applied has a direct and enormous impact on daily life wor…
