October 29, 2008, 11:34 pm
How should Australia make itself both ecologically and economically sustainable and tackle climate change?
Doctor Mark Diesendorf spoke at the Climate Emergency – No More Business As Usual Conference in Adelaide on the tenth and eleventh of October, 2008. Diesendorf is a senior lecturer at teh Institute Of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales. He formerly was Vice-President of the Australia & New Zealand Society For Ecological Economics, was the Foundation Director of the Institute For Sustainable Futures at the University Of Technology in Sydney, and Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Policy at Murdoch University. He also co-founded and is formerly the Vice-President of the Sustainable Energy Industries Council of Australia. Diesendorf is the author of the book Greenhouse Solutions With Sustainable Energy and is co-editor fo the book Human Economy – Ideas For An Ecologically Sustainable Future.
October 22, 2008, 8:49 am
In December 2007 Peru and the United States of America signed a Free Trade Agreement. This Agreement has been accused of weakining Peruvian environmental and labour standards, and has sparked protests.
Julia Terreu spoke to Mary Tharin, who is a Research Associate for Council Of Hemispheric Affairs.
October 15, 2008, 9:43 pm
What is the current situation regarding Palestinians and Israelis? How close are they to a just peace?
Julia Terreu spoke to Sara Roy, who is an Associate at Harvard Univeristy’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
October 15, 2008, 12:25 pm
How should Australia deal with the issue of human-caused climate change?
On the tenth and eleventh of October 2008 in Adelaide a public conference was held called Climate Emergency – No More Business As Usual. One of the speakers at the conference was David Spratt. Spratt is a businessperson, climate policy analyst and is a co-founder of Carbon Equity, which is an organisation advocating personal carbon allowances as the fairest means of rapidly combating climate change. He is also, along with Philip Sutton, co-author of the book Climate Code Red – The Case For Emergency Action.
October 8, 2008, 6:11 am
The right to housing is enshrined in the Belgian constitution. However, homelessness remains a continuing problem in Belgium. Why is this so? Also, what can be done about it?
Julia Terreu spoke to Dave Cronin from Inter Press Service.
October 8, 2008, 6:03 am
What kind of government does Cuba have?
Julia Terreu spoke to Marcel Cameron from Direct Action.
October 1, 2008, 1:37 am
In 2003 the United Nations Security Council announced a multinational military presence in Iraq in cooperation with Iraqi forces while Iraq makes the transition to democracy. In 2007 the Iraq government unsuccessfully opposed the extension of this multinational military presence. A Status Of Forces Agreement – or SOFA for short – is an agreement between the United States of America and the countries where American military bases reside. Currently a Status Of Forces Agreement is being negotiated between the American and Iraqi governments to replace the Untied Nations multinational military presence.
Julia Terreu spoke to Frida Berrigan, who is the Senior Program Associate of the Arms & Security Initiative at the New America Foundation.
October 1, 2008, 12:44 am
The neo-liberal free market economic policies that were formulated and encouraged by economists Milton Friedman and a group known as “The Chicago Boys” are now being challenged by a new wave of independent thinkers both in South America and in the West. One famous, Nobel Prize-winning American economist who has criticised neo-liberal free market economics is Joseph Stiglitz. In 2008 newly elected Paraguayan president, the ex-bishop Fernando Lugo, invited Joseph Stiglitz to Paraguay to discuss neo-liberaism, and Stiglitz was able to propose a post-Washington Consensus on economics.
Julia Terreu spoke to Research Fellow at Council Of Hemispheric Affairs Gustavo Setrini\.
