Global Organizations

In Copenhagen, a New World Order on Display In Copenhagen, a New World Order on Display

Fundamental new global realities have been obscured by the frenzy to declare winners and losers.

Dec 21, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

U.S. delegation brings COP15 negotiations to a halt. U.S. delegation brings COP15 negotiations to a halt.

Progress on REDD. But little hope for forests without greater rich country commitments on emissions cuts and finance.

Dec 16, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

What is cap and trade? What is cap and trade?

An explanation of market-based solutions to climate change by Carbon Trade Watch's Oscar Reyes.

Dec 15, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

“It’s a massacre.” “It’s a massacre.”

An update on deforestation negotiations at COP15

Dec 15, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Poor countries push back at COP15. Poor countries push back at COP15.

Are COP15 talks lurching toward the precipice of collapse?

Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Missing the forest for the trees. Missing the forest for the trees.

Every cloud has a silver lining -- except in Copenhagen.

Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Big News from Copenhagen: Radical Cuts Urged, Deal In Jeopardy Big News from Copenhagen: Radical Cuts Urged, Deal In Jeopardy

The Alliance of Small Island Nations roils summit with call for huge emissions reductions as activists prepare for global day of action tomorrow

Dec 11, 2009 / Mark Hertsgaard

Confronting the Globalcrat Confronting the Globalcrat

Globalization advocates must realize that they're dealing with a new world.

Dec 2, 2009 / Greg Palast

Obama’s Choice Obama’s Choice

A decade after Seattle, there is no WTO expansion. But there is also no WTO turnaround.

Dec 1, 2009 / Feature / Lori Wallach

The World’s Women Stuck in the UN’s Blind Spot The World’s Women Stuck in the UN’s Blind Spot

"Mainstreaming" a focus on women into all of the United Nations' work never happened. So will an agency for women ever get off the ground?

Nov 17, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

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