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  • Latin American scientists can play a greater role in promoting robust climate policies
    Guy Edwards |
    Brown’s Climate and Development Lab
    May 10th, 2012
    By Guy Edwards, Victoria Elmore* and Jin Hyung Lee**The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is underway and is due to be completed by 2013/14. There are...
  • A State of Shame
    Dominic Mhiripiri |
    Contemporary African Issues
    May 4th, 2012
     Before the strange men burst into the house where she was sleeping alone, before they scoured the house for her sister and her husband – political enemies they “most likely wanted to kill” that...
  • Shaping the Durban Platform: Latin America and the Caribbean in a future High Ambition Deal
    Guy Edwards |
    2011 COP17 Climate Change Negotiations in Durban, South Africa
    April 18th, 2012
    After the longest session on record, governments at the COP17 in Durban in December 2011 agreed to negotiate by 2015 a climate deal to enter into force in 2020. The Durban Platform for Enhanced...
  • Latin American scientists can play a greater role in promoting robust climate policies
  • A State of Shame
  • Shaping the Durban Platform: Latin America and the Caribbean in a future High Ambition Deal

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Brown’s Climate and Development Lab

Latin American scientists can play a greater role in promoting robust climate policies
Guy Edwards | May 10th, 2012
By Guy Edwards, Victoria Elmore* and Jin Hyung Lee**The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is underway and is due to be...

Contemporary African Issues

A State of Shame
Dominic Mhiripiri | May 4th, 2012
 Before the strange men burst into the house where she was sleeping alone, before they scoured the house for her sister and her husband – political enemies they “most...

Building Skillz in Soweto

Skillz 1.1 Sessions Pushed to After-School Hours
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Having finished running interventions during the first school term (Jan-March), our site is facing a new set of challenges for Term 2.  Our coaches typically implement...

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