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Brown Discusses Plan B 4.0

Posted in Policy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lester Brown, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute and author of the recently published Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, spoke at the Council last Monday night about climate change and food insecurity. Brown acknowledges many problems with modern society, but is especially concerned with global food [...]

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Musil Provides Hope For A Heated Planet

Posted in Policy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Robert Musil, author of Hope for a Heated Planet and Senior Fellow at American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, joined the Council Tuesday night to present strategies for combating climate change. Musil said he prefers to be an optimistic environmentalist, rather than  emphasize  “gloom and doom” like so [...]

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Tackling Food Insecurity

Posted in Philanthropy, Policy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Next Monday the Council will be joined by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute and renowned environmentalist. He will be speaking about two pressing issues: climate change and global food insecurity.
Last week, the New York Times‘ Room for Debate blog featured the opinions of six experts about biotech food and [...]

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New Energy Secretary, Council Conference Alum

Posted in Policy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday, President-Elect Obama announced his new energy and climate change team – the group that will be collectively responsible for achieving Obama’s stated goals for the environment, including huge reductions in global warming emissions and a dramatic restructuring of our national energy system. For his Energy Secretary, Obama named Steven Chu, the director of the [...]

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Madeleine Albright on Priorities for Obama’s Administration

Posted in Asia, Middle East, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Today, the Council on Foreign Relations hosted the first session of the Center for Preventative Action Symposium on preventative priorities for the next administration. Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group and former U.S. Secretary of State, moderated the event with CFR President Richard N. Haass. Interestingly, panels throughout the day did not [...]

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