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Governments, democracy and public policy in International Standardisation: the curious case of ISO 26000 and the precautionary approach

Posted By Halina Ward on 22nd May, 2010

I’ve just returned from the final session of the ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) International Working Group on Social Responsibility. The ‘SR’ Working Group has been driving efforts to develop a consensus-based, globally applicable, voluntary international guidance standard on social…

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Ecologically viable civilisation now hinges on the workings of the US Constitution

Posted By Ian Christie on 6th November, 2009

The signs are that expectations for the Copenhagen climate conference are being seriously downgraded. There is so much disagreement still, and so much uncertainty about when and whether the USA will make substantial commitments, that a binding global deal at…

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Democracy and climate change

Posted By Halina Ward on 23rd August, 2009

In the US, opposition to the Climate Bill has shown just how hard it can be to get popular support for much-needed measures to put economies on track to head off the worst effects of climate change.

The US model of…