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Rio+20 Consultation British Columbia: Green Economy & Governance for Sustainable Development
As part of a Canada wide process to create dialogue on the Canadian position going into Rio+20, and to provide inputs to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Liu Institute's Corporate Social Responsibility Network and One Earth Initiative Society held a consultation with representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations, local/regional government, business, and academia.
25 July 2011
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Does Ottawa have staying power in Southeast Asia?
Professor Brian Job writes about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its importance to Canada.
“The Harper government, largely driven by the economic concerns of ‘swirling trade winds,’ has made ASEAN a priority for re-engagement,” he writes.
“If sustained, Ottawa’s initiatives could mark the re-establishment of a meaningful Canadian presence in Southeast Asia,” writes Job. “However, past experience raises questions about Ottawa’s staying power and whether this flurry of activity will coalesce around a coherent, longer-term Asia agenda for Canada.”
8 August 2012
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Coal, wood burning kills more people than malaria
Burning coal, wood or charcoal for cooking kills two million people worldwide, each year — more than malaria — thanks to severe respiratory diseases this causes through indoor pollution, warns an expert.
Energy poverty, which is about limited access to clean sources of energy, is practically driving half the global population to rely on such smoke producing sources of fuel, probably the biggest source of indoor pollution, says Hisham Zerriffi, an assistant professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC.
“Energy poverty is one of the biggest human welfare issues of our day,” he says. The work was presented on Friday at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver.
17 February 2012
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