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What is a “sane globalization”? Professor Dani Rodrik, author of the book The Globalization Paradox, was the key note speaker at a seminar hosted by Global Challenge and ABF in Stockholm on the 6th of September.
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There is great international interest in Swedish energy and climate policy. Sweden is one of few countries in the world that has succeeded in combining economic growth with reduced greenhouse emissions. How was this possible? Ahead of Rio+20, science journalist Jenny Jewert has, on Global Utmaning’s behalf, written an overview of Swedish climate policy from…
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Around the world a new informal labour market is emerging, with low-paid jobs and increasing segregation. Are the world’s millions of migrants on their way towards becoming the new subclass of the labour market? How can migrant worker rights be protected? What responsibility do countries such as Sweden have? On the 2nd of June, Global…
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Putting a price on the environment is not about commodifying the Earth and valuing natural resources is not about creating simple cost-benefit models for the entire world. Valuing natural resources is about counteracting the economic invisibility of nature. An invisibility that leads to poor policies and treaties. These were some of the messages from Pavan…
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The increasing demand for bioenergy and biofuels presents an enormous opportunity for Africa, but if it is not harnessed properly then the continent may again face the “resource curse”. This was the conclusion of the report Forestry For Development, presented on May 28th in the seminar Business for Development held by SIDA.
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The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) has led to increased international cooperation on migration issues. The challenge for the Swedish chairmanship 2014 will be to turn the ideas generated by the forum into concrete actions on the ground. This according to Demetrios Papademetriou, President of the Migration Policy Institute, who next week participates…
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”Relying on GDP alone would be like driving a car only looking at the speedometer. The speed might be high, but what if the car is going straight down a ditch?” Stewart Wallis; Executive Director of the New Economic Foundation (nef) who participated with Global Challenge and the Swedish Environment Party seminar “Beyond GDP” on…
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Global Challenge’s project Forestry for Development, F4D, is now reviewing conditions for sustainable forest management in Sierra Leone and Liberia, two West African states which have recently left bloody civil wars behind them. The countries are now trying to combine rapid growth with far-reaching environmental protection.
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Europe’s population is ageing. Clearly, increased immigration will have to be a part of the answer to demographic decline. The crucial issue is moving beyond demographics, and into the how, who and when of European migration policy. In this book, a number of prominent European migration experts and scholars reflect upon the choices that Europe…
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The big questions are still spinning in place at COP 17. There are no workable climate agreements in sight, nor any continuation of the failing Kyoto protocol. But at least there is some light at the end of the tunnel: on the deforestation issue things are looking up according Global Utmaning’s Mattias Goldmann.
