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Concise introductions to the main issues in energy policy and their interaction with environmental policies in the EU.The European Union (EU) faces critical challenges in energy policy making, the most pressing of which are how to achieve the deep greenhouse gas reductions promised at the December 2015 UN Conference of the Parties in Paris, and how this effort can be coordinated with already existing policies. Energy policy is primarily a member state responsibility, and policy makers need an overarching view of the main issues in energy policy and their interaction with environmental policies. This volume aims to fill this need, offering concise introductions to some of the major issues as well as practical suggestions for policy making.

This is the official report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme submitted to the General Assembly on its fourth session in Nairobi 11 15 March 2019

This book opens up the black box of the UN Global Compact the archetypical corporate social responsibility CSR initiative anchored within the United Nations It appraises the ten year history governance and engagement mechanisms of this unique UN initiative Building on extensive empirical research the work provides a concise introduction to the inner workings and effects of the UN Global Compact and appraises the key debates surrounding the initiative Providing a unique and much needed examination of this significant initiative Gregoratti seeks to provide an independent view on the success of the Compact disentangling the key criticisms and current debates surrounding the initiative The work also seeks to highlight that the Compact is currently at a crossroads and continues to suffer from significant legitimacy challenges which must be confronted in order to meet its original aspirations The book will be of interest to students and researchers of international political economy and international organizations as well as NGOs and trade unions interested in corporate accountability

The Sunday Times Politics Book of the YearA Guardian Politics Book of the Year 2023An insightful and at times riotously entertaining account of the lengthy rise and abrupt fall of Britains 56th Prime Minister. What was intended as a prologue to her premiership is now a riveting political obituary in which every page drips with the seeds of both triumph and disaster. Cole and Heale have produced a meticulously reported account of Trusss drive, impulsiveness, eccentricity and ideological certainty which reads like a warning from history. It has elements of tragedy but is frequently very, very funny. Tim Shipman'Make sure you put your seat belt on. Heale and Cole put you in the passenger seat of the fastest car crash in recent political history. It's an unmissable romp through Liz Truss's long journey to the top, fuelled by ambition and espresso. The clues that foretold the extraordinary catastrophe are all there, as the authors reveal in gory detail how Liz Truss nearly had the last laugh, before finally, as her government imploded, the joke was on her.' Laura KuenssbergDespite being written off and mocked by even her closest colleagues, Liz Truss slowly but determinedly achieved her goal of taking over 10 Downing Street only to instantly plunge her administration into chaos and announce her resignation after a record-breaking 44 days. How did she do it? And what exactly went so wrong?With unrivalled access and insight, award-winning political journalists Harry Cole and James Heale provide the answers, drawing on interviews with Trusss friends and supporters, as well as her worst critics and rivals, from Kwasi Kwarteng to Michael Gove.Tracking Trusss transformation from geeky teenage Lib Dem to Tory PM, with the inside scoop on her first and only month in office, Out of the Blue is the unmissable behind-the-scenes account of Britains shortest-serving Prime Minister.

Using a new analytical framework this book examines the history and politics of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces It is indispensable for students and researchers of climate politics and anyone interested in the IPCC

The authors examine how far internal policies in the European Union move towards the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 80 95 per cent by 2050 and how or whether the EU s 2050 objective to decarbonise could affect the EU s relations with a number of external energy partners

"Nosotros, Los Pueblos Indígenas. Hay expertos en convertir pueblos en masas, el mundo se ha encogido, mundializado, globalizado. Este anglicismo vicio del lenguaje al extenderse, muestra la amplitud del agringamiento colonial.Nadie determina el camino de nuestra vida, esa es nuestra responsabilidad indelegable. No podemos culpar a nadie de nuestra esclavitud, excepto a nosotros mismos por permitirla."

Anuari Internacional CIDOB arriba a la seva 34 a edició en un context internacional especialment convuls. A la successió de crisi de dimensió global de les darreres dècades ;hi afegeix una dinàmica d