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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 28, 2008
Conflict Prevention
Fragility, Instability, and the Failure of States
Overview This Center for Preventive Action Working Paper surveys existing approaches to assessing state fragility and failure within the context of development, conflict, and governance. It examin…
February 13, 2023
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The Global Governance of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases, naturally transmissible between humans and animals, have posed a growing public health threat for decades. However, existing institutional arrangements have fallen short. The wide-…
March 8, 2010
Climate Change
Harnessing International Institutions to Address Climate Change
Overview Most discussions about using international institutions to address climate change focus narrowly on the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. However, many ot…
June 14, 2004
Climate Change
Climate Change
Overview Climate change is one of the most complex issues facing policy-makers today. David G. Victor, a leading expert on environmental policy, takes a fresh look at this issue and persuasively m…
November 19, 2002
Angola
The Repatriation of Angolan Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
1. What we know: The United Nations hopes that the peace process in Angola is irreversible. The disarmament of the National Union of the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) military forces has be…