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The rapid change in Northern Africa and the Middle East offers new opportunities for development and integration in the region around the Mediterranean. And circular migration is one of several important features of the region’s development. That was part of the conclusions reached at the preparatory G8 meeting in Marseille in which Global Challenge appeared…
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“Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power is astonishing – and worrying. It will increase emissions of CO2 and also simultaneously increase the uncertain and more and more uncomfortable dependence on energy supplies from Russia” – says Karl Hallding energy expert at the Stockholm Environment Institute and member of the Global Challenge advisory board on…
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The Swedish model and nordic way on managing economic and financial crisis “seems more encouraging than anything now being discussed for Europe’s ailing economies” according to a blogg post from JK at The Economist on May 28th.
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Global Utmaning (Global Challenge) recently published an anthology on urbanization and sustainability edited by Carl-Johan Engström, a long-time city planner and guest professor at the Royal Institute of Technology. On May 15th Carl-Johan Engström was a visitor at the Think Globally Radio where he explained the principles of sustainable city planning and also related these…
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“Transparency is the new norm. People expect to access information for free and digitally. But even undemocratic regimes are learning to exploit the Web. Therefore, a massive grassroots movement of digital freedom is needed”. This is how Brett Solomon, a founding member of www.accessnow.org summarized his message at Global Challenge’s and the Foresight Group’s seminar…
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The international interest for climate investments is increasing.Today March 16th Neuva Economia Forum (NEF) is arranging a seminar where Allan Larsson presents Global Challenge’s initiative An International Climate Community.
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What are the basic ideas behind the International Climate Investment Community? Mr Allan Larsson, co-author of Global Utmanings report, gives a short presentation at Atomium Cultures high level conference in Brussels.
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On January 25 to 30 leading politicians and industry representatives meet for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos. This year’s theme of the meeting is “Shared norms for The New Reality”, and special interest is paid to how the Nordic countries handled the financial crisis and created sustainable economic growth.
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An exploration av Swedish survey data on economic remittances from Sweden by Lisa Pelling, University of Vienna, Charlotta Hedberg, Stockholm University and Bo Malmberg, Stockholm University.
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“We need to get up from our easy chairs. What we really need is an “Energy fitness club”. A community that is attractive and a community where one wants to be a member.” This was said by Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of The Potsdam Institute on Climate Change, during the presentation of Global Challenge’s…
