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For a COP22 of action, for a permanent stakeholder’s forum

Posted on 10 June 20166 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

As the COP22 conference draws closer, most of the actors are getting impatient: everyone is waiting for the COP of action, from industry to civil society and the Moroccan presidency of the COP22 itself. In this Op-ed published in L’opinion on the 10^thof June 2016 , Joel Ruet (Chairman of the Bridge Tank), Adam Thiam (former chief of staff of the African Union president) and Matthieu Wemaëre (Lawyer, Peru’s adviser for the COP20 and Morocco’s advisor for the COP21) advocate for two operational tools. The first one has already been suggested by Morocco: the calibration of available information. They suggest a second one: to create a permanent stakeholder’s forum. Read more in French

Paris – From the “pro-mitigation COP” to the “pro-adaptation COP”

Posted on 16 December 20151 June 2020 by the_bridge_tank

In the lead up to COP21, The Bridge Tank’s president Joël Ruet attended a dinner at the French Senate with Mrs Hakima El Haité, Minister Delegate in Charge of Environment in Morocco, where COP22 will be hosted in 2016 and, in her words, “continue the line of COP21”. Continue reading “Paris – From the “pro-mitigation COP” to the “pro-adaptation COP””

A Convenient Climate Justice : India’s Ambiguous Position

Posted on 9 December 20156 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

As the COP21 conference draws closer, India is refusing to follow the open position of China and provide figures on emissions declines. The Environment Minister of India, Prakash Javadekar, admitted that the government’s priority right now is on electricity access and poverty reduction, even though 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. That being said, India’s willingness to modernise its industry and increase the energy potential matched the spirit of the sustainable development goals in some ways, since the country has the ambition to obtain a solar energy capacity of 100GW by 2022. Read more in Frenchin that editorial of Joël Ruet and Sophia Semlali, published in Telos on the 9^thof December 2015.

Meet the Prospective Next UN Secretary-General

Posted on 1 October 20156 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

Global leaders are gathering in New York this week for the 70^thregular session of the United Nations General Assembly, and the search for Ban Ki-moon’s successor is intensifying. Candidates will be needed who have experience in shepherding complex multilateral relationships, can be a bridge builder between the United States, Russia, and China, and crucially have a vision for the UN during their tenure.

Which names will be whispered in the halls of Turtle Bay? Who is staking their claim? And which candidates are best placed to succeed Ban Ki-moon and lead the United Nations? Here is the list of confirmed or rumored candidates from Eastern Europe … Read more

The Challenges Facing the Next UN Secretary General

Posted on 22 July 20156 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

The first United Nations Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, knew what he was talking about when he described it as “the most impossible job on this earth”… The inherent difficulty of the Secretary-General’s job is the result of tensions built into the United Nations system, especially the gap between the high ideals set out in the UN Charter and the hard reality of great power diplomacy on which it depends. Read more …

Who Frames the Politics of Inclusive Growth?

Posted on 16 October 20146 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

There has been an ongoing intellectual revolution concerning economic and development policies for the emerging world. Interestingly, this revolution is in fact driven and played out by the emerging world itself… For over a century the theories and policies of economic development in emerging economies were theorized, formulated, and dictated by the U.S. [… ] However these visions and policies have had a limited impact on the lives of many for whom these goals were put in place for. Read more …