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 Prof. Joseph Stiglitz,
who won the
2001 Nobel Prize for Economics, teaches at Columbia University in
New York. |
He explains how climate change has
globalized the consequences of pollution,
and describes an initiative that addresses
it and global poverty at the same time.
the most global issue |
 Connie Hedegaard,
Danish Minister of the Environment...
brinkmanship needed |
...calls for political courage
and vision in managing the
environmental consequences of
globalization. |
Pascal Lamy,
Director-General of the
World Trade Organization
(WTO)... |
 ... explains how freeing trade benefits rather than harms the environment by allowing resources to be distributed more efficiently.
friend not foe |
 Massoumeh Ebtekar,
Head, Board of Directors of the
Centre for Peace and Environment,
Tehran. |
The 2006 Champion of the Earth says that
the media have become an instrument of
globalization, marketing consumerism
— and calls for change.
market messengers |
Gus Speth,
Dean of Forestry and
Environmental Studies at Yale
University... |
 ... surveys proposals for improving global
environmental governance in an age of
globalization and cocludes that radical
change is needed.
beyond reform |
John Elkins,
Executive Vice-President of Visa
International and a member of the
United Nations Advisors Group on
Inclusive Financial Sectors... |
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...describes how business can help tackle
poverty and stimulate enterprise at the
bottom of the economic pyramid.
banking on the poor |
 Sunita Narain,
Director, Centre for Science and Environment, India... |
... calls for a political process to ensure that both the
emerging global market and emerging ecological
policies are managed for the common good.
wanted: political globalization |
Martin Khor,
Director of the Third World Network...
paradigm clash |
 ...describes how concern for suitable
development is beginning to make
headway over unfettered globalization. |
South African rock star,
Johnny Clegg, known as
the “White Zulu”... |
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...has started a company to recycle toxic waste,
and has provided thousands of jobs.
turn the toxic tide |
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