Tagged with Peace 
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interpretating the news
Obama’s Nobel: What it means for greens 5
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Dip a toe into the Nobel Peace Prize news and next thing you’re drowning in commentary. Here’s an attempt to distill what it means for greens, by which I mean the types of people who rely on air, water, soil, and other naturey elements.
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Ticket to Copenhagen?
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize 5
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Barack Obama becomes the third sitting U.S. president to win the coveted prize. Thanks to his initiative, said the Nobel Committee, “the USA is now playing a more constructive role” in global efforts to confront climate change.
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THIS TALK AIN'T CHEAP
Science diplomacy: An expectations game 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks agoIn "The Limits of Science Diplomacy," SciDev.net Director David Dickson argues that scientific collaboration can achieve only very limited diplomatic victories. A conference hosted by the Royal Society in London earlier this month, entitled "New Frontiers in Science Diplomacy", seems to have arrived at a similar conclusion.
But this view of science diplomacy is overly pessimistc.
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