How to persuade people about the need for climate action now?
The Asimov Paradox on how to persuade people about the urgency of climate action.
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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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Facing the climate change threat is not about sacrifice, it is about opportunity for human progress
There is a missing link in the mainstream discussion about climate change mitigation. We’ve been talking about the risks and worse-case scenarios, when we should be highlighting the flow of benefits that such endeavor would carry.
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The emerging powers behind G77 should admit they belong to a different league
When Cop 10 failed in Buenos Aires, December 2004, there were two culprits for the deadlock of climate change negotiations: the US and G77. Bangkok ended deadlocked last September. The main agents leading to the standoff were the US and G77. The US, however, had completely changed its attitude towards a global climate change deal.
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Why we should abandon the Kyoto Protocol and aim higher
The answer is simple: we don’t want a future of decay. We want a major breakthrough for humankind. As significant as the Enlightenment was. The path to a society where all the potential present in today’s scientific, technological and societal change can fully flourish and lead to a new stage of human evolution.
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Brazil prepares for the most competitive general elections in 15 years
The Brazilian electoral law has set October 3 as the deadline for those who want to run in the 2010 general elections to decide on their party affiliation.
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