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OCT 9, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: When Your Island Sinks
By 2050 some estimate that climate change will displace 150 million people, but the displaced won't qualify as refugees under international law. What should be done about ...
OCT 9, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Minding Our Minerals
Certain resources are destined for depletion if they become locked into built infrastructure or recovery costs prove too high. But this could all change if ...
OCT 8, 2009 • Podcast
The Idea of Justice
The traditional theory of social justice is out of touch with practical realities, says Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. Instead he proposes a theory of comparative ...
OCT 7, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Rise of Climate Protectionism
A new and dangerous form of trade and technology protectionism is fast emerging in the name of climate change, and it is poisoning North-South relations ...
OCT 7, 2009 • Podcast
Hilary Charlesworth on Bills of Rights
What does a country gain by enacting a bill of rights? Do countries that lack bills of rights, like Australia, protect human rights as well ...