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 • News
Carnegie Ethics Studio Offers Free Broadcasting Materials on International Affairs
The Carnegie Council is pleased to announce that the Carnegie Ethics Studio now offers free broadcasting materials on international affairs.
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 ...
OCT 7, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Informal Economy Pulls Migrants to Europe
Politicians are unwilling to admit that the informal economy provides low-paying work for paperless migrants in Southern Europe, and that border control is impotent without ...
OCT 6, 2009 • Podcast
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
From Ecuador to Nigeria, in most oil-producing countries oil has not brought any benefits to the poor and has often damaged people's health and ruined ...