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Winning the Power of Information: How Assad Defines the Facts 23 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
Bashar al-Assad’s regime depends on an extensive propaganda machine for its political survival. This has had a tremendous impact on the Syrian conflict, dividing the international community and helpin...
Difficult Decisions - Deferred? The 4th Green Climate Fund Board Meeting wrestles with the Fund's Business Model and selects its new Executive Directo... 7 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
At its recent meeting in Songdo, South Korea, the GCF Board was faced with a number of ambitious decisions on the Business Model Framework for the Fund, with disagreements about the involvement of the...
Current Immigration and Integration Debates in Germany and the United States: What We Can Learn from Each Other 30 Jul 2013 | 10:18 pm
Over the past few years there has been an evolving discourse over the intersection of immigration, integration, and culture in both Europe and the United States. In this new report, Spencer Boyer and ...
Oliver Krischer 22 Jul 2013 | 07:25 am
Oliver Krischer, Green Party member of the German Bundestag, is visiting Colorado from July 20 to 23, 2013. He will share insights on the successes and challenges of the German Energiewende at various...
World Nuclear Industry Report 2013 11 Jul 2013 | 08:57 pm
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013, launched on July 10th in Brussels, debunks the myth that the world is seeing a nuclear renaissance.Two years after Fukushima, global nuclear power genera...
Decision Time? The Fourth Meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund focuses on the Fund’s Business Model and its new Executive Director 22 Jun 2013 | 02:38 am
When the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convenes for its fourth meeting from June 25-28, 2013 in Songdo, South Korea, the discourse on the Business Model Framework (BMF) for the Fund will domin...
Operationalizing a Gender-Sensitive Approach in the Green Climate Fund 20 Jun 2013 | 11:44 pm
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has a mandate to fund mitigation and adaption action in developing countries while "taking a gender-sensitive approach." With the Fund Board set to discuss and decide the...
No such Internet freedom says your virtual landlord 20 Jun 2013 | 02:47 am
The NSA scandal is not just a problem for the American democracy. Other American, European, Asian, and African people have also a right to know the whereabouts of their private data.
Writing About the Energiewende 19 Jun 2013 | 12:21 am
Writing about Germany’s clean energy transition is notoriously difficult – for a number of reasons. And writing about it in book form is probably the hardest of all. Paul Hockenos reviews four recent...
Smart Growth - Twelve Theses 3 Jun 2013 | 10:36 pm
A relationship with, not against, nature should be one of the core principles of ‘green growth’, argues HBS Co-President Ralf Fücks. As Europe debates its economic direction, Fücks outlines the ’12 th...
