China and Brazil: two key players in Copenhagen
China will likely play a pivotal role at COP15, next December in Copenhagen. Brazil can also have a leading role. This decision is on president Lula’s hand today.
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The Barcelona Opening: What can we expect from this game?
The Barcelona Climate Change Talks have opened today amid very mixed expectations. There still are some very clear divergences to tackle before a text for the Copenhagen agreement can be finally agreed upon.
Sergio Abranches
It’s not about the media, it is about the Public
It goes far beyond a change in technology. It is a paradigm shift.
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Under the shadow of guns: drug lords’ tyrannical fiefdom in Brazil
Last weekend, central urban areas of Rio de Janeiro were once again a theater for war among drug gangs fighting to take each other’s control of drug fiefdoms. The police intervened and the battle became a tripartite one: gangs fighting each other and the police fighting both.
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Is it too late to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen?
The countdown to COP15 in Copenhagen tells me, at the moment of writing, we have only 63 days left to pave the way to seal a safe deal. It seems impossible. Is it really?
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Brazil may be heading for the longest presidential campaign of its recent political history
Sérgio Abranches
The country is approaching the first marks of the 2010 election calendar. October 3 is the last day for candidates to register with a party to become eligible for candidacy.