Not exact matches
Until recently, the theme of
multilateralism probably would have prompted me to focus
on governance reforms at the IMF.
The trust deficit is the wellspring that irrigates the seeds of political risk and social polarization reversing the course
on globalization and
multilateralism.
European governments and peoples largely approve of President Obama's greater respect for
multilateralism, emphasis
on non-traditional security areas such as climate change, and attempts to privilege diplomacy over more coercive mechanisms.
And,
on a Europe wide basis, the vision of the EU we need is not I think any longer some Gaullist counterweight to the US so much as a more effective partner for the shared
multilateralism we need, and how a stronger EU would create a more balanced and effective transatlantic approach.
This shift away from CO2 - centric emissions debates is also evident in a group blog post by analysts at the Center for American Progress, who propose a «multiple
multilateralism» approach
on climate that, among other things, seeks quick steps
on sources of warming other than carbon dioxide — particularly sooty Arctic pollution and gases already considered under the existing ozone - protection treaty.
In an all too rare triumph of
multilateralism, 186 governments have finally agreed
on where we need to get to in order to protect the climate for future generations.
An example of strong
multilateralism is a targets - and - timetables approach, which sets aggregate quantitative emissions - reduction targets over a fixed period of time and allocates responsibility for this reduction among countries, based
on principles jointly accepted.
The Cancun Agreements of the 2010 UN Climate Summit do not represent a success for
multilateralism; neither do they put the world
on a safe climate pathway that science demands, and far less to a just and equitable transition towards a sustainable model of development.