Three hundred years ago, Charles Bonnet was born in the thriving intellectual epicentre of Geneva. Botanist, lawyer, philosopher, psychologist, and politician were but a few parts of what was a rich life of academic pursuits.
This genuine renaissa...
In order to raise awareness on climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, and thereby to protect their own rights and those of their communities, young people in particular have been at the forefront of the worldwide movements: ...
25 Nov 2020
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Selected elements of the programme
Introduction lecture by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN
Discussion with the Canton of Geneva and the UN's Perception Change Project
The opportunity to attend the Human Rights Council and the...
7 Jun 2017
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Small and developing states with limited geographical, human, and financial resources face the challenge of doing more with less: they need to employ all available methods to increase their representation, including networks, alliances, and informati...
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Small and developing states with limited geographical, human, and financial resources face the challenge of doing more with less: they need to employ all available methods to increase their representation, including networks, alliances, and informati...
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Capacity development has been emerging as a central approach within development for more than two decades. This approach has gradually shifted the focus of development practice from simple financial aid and technical cooperation towards a complex new...
Course
Explore the origins of multilateral diplomacy and its evolution within a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
This course introduces participants to the diplomatic interaction among more than two actors, with particular emphasis on the multil...
Start date: 26 Jul 2021
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On Monday, 2nd November, I addressed the conference ‘The CERN Model, United Nations and Global Public Goods’. The underlying theme of the conference was the interplay between science (CERN) and diplomacy (UN) in the globally unique settin...
4 Nov 2015
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'The public is constantly told by the media that climate science can’t be trusted, the models are flawed, and action on climate change is a costly gamble. But when you compare original predictions with what actually happened, this couldn&rs...
20 Mar 2014
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Who is a refugee? Who should be offered protection from human suffering? Much depends on how we define legal concepts.
A recent topic that emerged in Diplo’s blogsphere is the question of climate refugees. Petru Dumitriu, senior Diplo fellow a...
2 May 2013
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Allow me to paraphrase John F.Kennedy in my way and say: My fellow Diplo lecturers, praise not what you can ask the students, praise what the students can ask you!
The magic of Diplo’s courses on multilateral diplomacy is not about what ...
3 Apr 2013
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There is general agreement that the recent climate change negotiations in Doha were a failure from many perspectives, especially with regards to making progress towards a post-Kyoto regime as well as with making the Green Climate Fund operational.
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16 Jan 2013
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Let’s bring out the big questions: Should climate change negotiations be organised according to the “one state one vote” principle?
This time between Christmas and New Year is called “in between the years” in Germany. I...
29 Dec 2012
Blog post
One of the few widely praised decisions coming out of the recent climate change negotiations (COP18) is a text on “loss and damage.” It is generally hailed as an important acknowledgement of historic responsibilities and common but differ...
11 Dec 2012
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Is it time to change how we communicate about climate change? Is it time to reverse the gloom and doom and create a vision of what might be in a good sense rather than what will be in a bad sense? A dream instead of a nightmare? This thought is not n...
24 May 2012
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The New Yorker has a real corker of a story online on possible tech fixes to combat climate change. Titled 'The Climate Fixers,' the article examines so-called 'geoengineering' efforts to halt increasing global temperatures that are a...
22 May 2012
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How to teach about climate change is a key question. While the physical science basis is important, it is clearly not enough and maybe shouldn't even be our main focus.
David Hone (climate advisor for shell and a background as a chemical enginee...
2 Mar 2012
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