Mental Health Care Unshackled
In June, a report on the appalling conditions in which mental health patients are held…More
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Bonn Chance
As UN climate talks resumed last week in Bonn, a leaked memo (pdf) shed some…More
Flight From Copenhagen
The dramatic closure of the climate talks in Copenhagen on the weekend brought to mind…More
Big Business No Longer An Excuse For Inaction
The Copenhagen talks are lurching toward an uncertain conclusion. The secretariat and hosts have had…More
Can Carbon Ever Be Neutral?
There’s an old Chinese adage that warns, "one mountain cannot fit two tigers". The Asia-Pacific…More
High Drama In Copenhagen
At the Copenhagen conference, the negotiating bloc of developing countries known as "G77 and China"…More
Copenhagen Explained
Five weeks ago we began a series of articles dedicated to clarifying some of the…More
A Delegate's-Eye View Of Copenhagen
The rituals of diplomacy reflect their time. In Alexander Sokurov’s masterpiece Russian Ark, a French…More