Just got out of a panel discussion with the leadership of the Commission on Climate Change and Development about their recent report entitled “Closing the Gap” about adaptation in the developing world. The panel was hosted at the BEAUTIFUL House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront which also houses the Swedish embassy. It was there [...]
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Commission on Climate Change and Development: Closing the Gap – Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries
Posted: May 15, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, International, International Development0
Commission on Climate Change and Development: Closing the Gap – Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries
Posted: May 15, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, International, International DevelopmentJust got out of a panel discussion with the leadership of the Commission on Climate Change and Development about their recent report entitled “Closing the Gap” about adaptation in the developing world. The panel was hosted at the BEAUTIFUL House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront which also houses the Swedish embassy. It was there [...]
John F. Kerry and David Dreier: A Friend To Georgia And Russia
Posted: May 7, 2009 by treylord in International, Washington Post, Georgia, David Dreier, John KerryCraziness is still going on in the Republic of Georgia, and I don’t mean my dad, his new Georgian wife, and my new five year old step-brother (who doesn’t speak english) and neither of whom I have met. Here are some interesting thoughts by Mr. Heinz-Kerry and David Dreier. Artist rendering of my dad’s wedding? [...]
John F. Kerry and David Dreier: A Friend To Georgia And Russia
Posted: May 7, 2009 by treylord in David Dreier, Georgia, International, John Kerry, Washington PostCraziness is still going on in the Republic of Georgia, and I don’t mean my dad, his new Georgian wife, and my new five year old step-brother (who doesn’t speak english) and neither of whom I have met. Here are some interesting thoughts by Mr. Heinz-Kerry and David Dreier. Artist rendering of my dad’s wedding? [...]
Why should bling be restricted to the US?
Why should bling be restricted to the US?
WP: Kill the Pirates
Posted: April 13, 2009 by treylord in International, International Development, Pirates, Somalia, Washington PostWashington Post: With the rescue of American Richard Phillips from the hands of pirates yesterday, there was a blip of good news from the Indian Ocean, but it remains a scandal that Somali pirates continue to routinely defeat the world’s naval powers. And worse than this ongoing demonstration of cowardice is the financing of terrorists [...]
WP: Kill the Pirates
Posted: April 13, 2009 by treylord in International, International Development, Pirates, Somalia, Washington PostWashington Post: With the rescue of American Richard Phillips from the hands of pirates yesterday, there was a blip of good news from the Indian Ocean, but it remains a scandal that Somali pirates continue to routinely defeat the world’s naval powers. And worse than this ongoing demonstration of cowardice is the financing of terrorists [...]
Economist: The Illusion of Clean Coal
Posted: April 10, 2009 by treylord in Clean Coal, Economist, Environment, International“FACTORIES of death” is how James Hansen, a crusading American scientist, describes power stations that burn coal. Coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels, producing twice the carbon dioxide that natural gas does when it is burned. That makes it a big cause of global warming. But some of the world’s biggest economies rely on [...]
Economist: The Illusion of Clean Coal
Posted: April 10, 2009 by treylord in Clean Coal, Economist, Environment, International“FACTORIES of death” is how James Hansen, a crusading American scientist, describes power stations that burn coal. Coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels, producing twice the carbon dioxide that natural gas does when it is burned. That makes it a big cause of global warming. But some of the world’s biggest economies rely on [...]
Economist: The Maldives Goes Carbin-Neutral
Posted: April 10, 2009 by treylord in Economist, Environment, International, International Development, MaldivesON MARCH 15th the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, announced that his country would try to stop using fossil fuels—and thus eliminate most of its greenhouse-gas emissions—by 2020. The Maldives is not wealthy but it leads richer nations in tackling climate change……… http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=13354355
Economist: The Maldives Goes Carbin-Neutral
Posted: April 10, 2009 by treylord in Economist, Environment, International, International Development, MaldivesON MARCH 15th the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, announced that his country would try to stop using fossil fuels—and thus eliminate most of its greenhouse-gas emissions—by 2020. The Maldives is not wealthy but it leads richer nations in tackling climate change……… http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=13354355
Huffington Post: Johann Hari – You Are Being Lied to About Pirates
Posted: April 9, 2009 by treylord in Africa, International, Pirates, Somalia“Who imagined that in 2009, the world’s governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy – backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China – is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder [...]
Huffington Post: Johann Hari – You Are Being Lied to About Pirates
Posted: April 9, 2009 by treylord in Africa, International, Pirates, Somalia“Who imagined that in 2009, the world’s governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy – backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China – is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder [...]
