Whose “Clean” Development? Communities Speak Out
Our analysis, and that of many communities and organisations across Asia, is that the CDM is an...
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Author (Category): Nicola Bullard
Governing climate finance: Critical perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America
Climate finance is a key element of a global agreement to address the impacts of climate change....
Read MoreIt’s Too Late for Sustainability: What We Need is System Change
Nicola Bullard* By trying to find a balance between the present and the future without a fundamental rethinking of development, the Bruntland Commission’s approach to sustainability looks – in hindsight – naïve. Yet at the...
Read MoreCASE STUDIES: Beyond the “Green Economy”: Global movements for climate justice in a fracturing world
by Nicola Bullard & Tadzio MüllerGAIA: Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance/Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Who is in it? What is the purpose?GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 650 grassroots groups,...
Read MoreWhere’s the heat? : an outsider’s view of the Bangkok climate talks
Nicola Bullard* and Bea Moraras After the high drama of Bali, the Bangkok climate change conference (31 March – 4 April) was a dull affair. Al Gore did not descend from the heights, no daring delegate told...
Read MoreTHE G8: NOT THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN
[Espanol ] Nicola Bullard* This article, along with others, was published in Critical Currents, No 1, May 2007, Dag Hammarskjod Foundation. {xtypo_dropcap}G{/xtypo_dropcap}iven the centrality of oil not only to current...
Read MoreLAMY’S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
By Nicola Bullard* IN the personality-free world of trade negotiations, Pascal Lamy is instantly recognisable. His close-shaved hair and a lean-and-hungry look earned through long distance running and formidable work...
Read MoreG20: THEIR POWER IS NOT OURS
THE emergence of the G20 as a force in the WTO negotiations was one of the many factors contributing to the collapse of talks at the 5th ministerial held in Cancun last September. The G20 – named to commemorate the...
Read MoreTHOUSANDS MARCH ON EU, US IN BANGKOK
By Nicola Bullard BANGKOK, 9 September — More than 3,000 people took to the streets of central Bangkok this morning kicking off the wave of global protests against the WTO by marching on the embassies of the EU...
Read MoreMANY A SLIP TWIXT CUP AND LIP: The cautionary tale of the access to drugs campaign
By Nicola Bullard* BANGKOK, 5 Sept. — AS Cancun approaches, it is timely to consider what can be learned from the access to drugs campaign launched in the lead-up 2001 WTO ministerial and which bore its bitter fruit...
Read MoreWTO GRIDLOCK: LOWERING EXPECTATIONS AND LOOKING FOR SCAPEGOATS
By Nicola Bullard Just two weeks into the war on Iraq, journalists and politicians were already starting to see the useful tie-in between the breakdown in transatlantic relations and the deadlock in the WTO. The timing is...
Read MoreTHE EYES AND EARS OF THE WORLD: The importance of the international civilian presence in Palestine
By Nicola Bullard* Ibrahim Assad welcomes us to his stone house in Taybeh, a small village outside Jenin in the West Bank, saying he is as old as Israel. “I was born in 1948 and married in 1973, the year of the Yom Kippur...
Read MoreThe pain of Palestine
By Nicola Bullard* April 15th 2002 Ibrahim Assad welcomes us to his stone house in Taybeh, a small village outside Jenin, saying that he is as old as Israel. “I was born in 1948 and married in 1973, the year of the Yom...
Read MoreThe pain of Palestine
April 15th 2002 Ibrahim Assad welcomes us to his stone house in Taybeh, a small village outside Jenin, saying that he is as old as Israel. “I was born in 1948 and married in 1973, the year of the Yom Kippur war. In all...
Read MoreThe Armadillo and the Chameleon: a cautionary tale
By Nicola Bullard The International Monetary Fund’s new managing director’s intention to “drive change from within the institution rather than have it imposed from outside”(1) does not inspire confidence,...
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