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19 Nov From Abandoning Fossil Fuel to Sharing our Earth: Professor Joyeeta Gupta on Protecting the Public Interest in Times of Climate Change
...we have no idea what it would all add up to. But already last year, we crossed 1.5℃ of warming for the first time. And normally, you need to cross it for a few years before you have definitely passed 1.5℃. So, the situation is dire, and the Secretary-General is emphasizing the urgency of the issue. Moreover, many countries take ‘overshoot’ (crossing the temperature objective and returning to it later in the century) for granted, and many actors want to increase their emissions while compensating for it (net zero). Both...25 Aug 20 Things About Americans and the World
...patriotism seem to be universal values. I remember trying to cross the street once in Palau, one of the smallest countries in the world, and a high school kid came up to me and said, “This is how we cross the street in PALAU!” Even crossing the street became an act to tell me about his pride in his country. People involved in making foreign policy should be very aware of this. 13) America and Canada share a common culture. This may irk Canadians, but we really do share a...
16 Dec When Tech Disrupts Faster Than Rules Adapt: Drafting Emergency Guidance for AI-Affected Evidence
...Women, Peace, & Security (WPS) framework and its four pillars, or the positive peace framework and its eight pillars). The term reflects our understanding that, while it is still too early for best practices in this time of uncertainty, fact-finders would benefit from foundational ‘scaffolding’ to help guide their decision making. This section outlines four of the eight pillars, focusing on the pillars that are built on broadly applicable (digital) evidence principles. Each pillar’s description outlines our methodological approach to its development, where it: 1) identifies the evidentiary principle; 2)...16 Mar Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears, and Elephants at the Parties Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
...scare tactics at world talks on wildlife protection on Monday as it campaigned against a proposal to curb trade in bluefin tuna, the succulent sushi delicacy…. “Japan’s lobbying is formidable. Three or four people from the Japanese delegation are constantly criss-crossing the Convention, arranging meetings,” he told AFP. On Sunday, Japanese delegates met with some African nations, said a negotiator from west Africa. “We are used to it. They do the same thing before each meeting of the International Whaling Commission,” the body that oversees global whale populations, he said....11 Jul A Canal Runs Through It
...feet apart with hazard signs in English and Spanish (apparently not every canal-crossing large mammal is bilingual). But ladders won’t cut it, plaintiffs argue, and many more deer will drown if they are forced to climb canal ladders rather than traverse escape ridges. That argument works, right? No. Why not? Well, the problem is there are no large American mammals trying to cross the All American Canal! The court concluded that following a year of deer tracking and aerial surveillance there was no sign of deer in the area in...
03 Jan The ICC Prosecutor’s Double Standards in the Time of an Unfolding Genocide
...statements shortly after the start of the Russian 2022 invasion. A Shift in The Prosecutor’s Approach to the Palestine Situation Since the 29th October 2023 The Palestine situation constitutes one of most widely documented contexts of alleged commission of international crimes. It took to the Prosecutor 23 days since the Hamas attacks (1,139 killed in Israel and 8.005 deaths in Gaza, including 3.324 children), to take direct and public action in the situation in Palestine. On 29 October, Khan visited the Rafah crossing point between Gaza and Egypt, which was...
09 Aug Solidarity “A La Carte”: The EU’s Response to Boat Migration
...conclusion, given the above, we argue that informal, partial and ad hoc solidarity seems to have taken asylum policy back to a pre-CEAS intergovernmentalism approach which threatens the EU credibility and legitimacy in this area. It does so by circumventing the solidarity obligations in the EU treaties. The structural flaws of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) including the failure of the Dublin Regulation is the backdrop against which current trends discussed above must be understood. The situation of the rescued migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean should be compared...