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Climate Change Is A New Global Organizing Principle

BY KEITH SCHNEIDER Senior Editor, Circle of Blue NEW YORK – The X Prize Foundation, which developed a new philanthropic idea called “revolution through competition,” told participants today at the Clinton Global Initiative that it would commit $300 milion in the next seven years to help solve global crises in each of the four CGI […]

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Onward to Clinton Global Initiative in New York

Three years ago when he founded the Clinton Global Initiative, which has emerged as one of the most influential and prestigious annual gatherings of world leaders, former President Bill Clinton understood that the new century’s formative operating principles depended on collaboration, not hierarchy. Only through the efforts of untraditional allies working together could people make progress on any idea or project of real significance.

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Spreading drought

As if we didn’t need more sobering news, USA Today reports that “half the nation is either abnormally dry or in outright drought from prolonged lack of rain that could lead to water shortages, according to the U.S. Voltarol emulgel contains the active ingredient diclofenacPenetrating pain and inflammation relief. Licensed pharmacy. Emulgel Cheap voltaren buy […]

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Peter H. Gleick: Pacific Institute

Peter, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, serves as scientific and technical advisor to Circle of Blue. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization and international conflicts over water […]

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Red Carpet, Blind Paparazzi

NEW YORK, New York — OK, one more thought from the Time Global Health Summit: I can’t help but comment on the “red carpet” press event at the Alicia Keys “Black Ball,” a fundraiser to bring AIDS medications to children in Africa.

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Missed The Story, Again

NEW YORK, New York — A TV business reporter pursued the avian flu story with Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson here at the Time Global Health Summit. Photo courtesy of Evan Agostini / Time Richard Branson at the Time Global Health Summit. The resulting exchange made the headlines, as Branson elaborated on his firm’s preparation […]

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Quiet Moments at the UN CSD

NEW YORK, New York — I ran into Ron Sawyer in the hallway near the UN’s mini-cafe in the lower hallways outside the General Assembly. Ron runs EcoSan in Tepotzlan, Mexico. Our Wilson Center water working group spent two days on the ground viewing his “dry sanitation” project, an innovative approach to improving the traditional […]