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...weren't the only place hit by gridlock. Negotiations over a new global climate-change treaty to replace the expiring and flawed Kyoto Protocol - meant to culminate at the U.N. climate-change summit in Copenhagen at the end of the year - have all but ground to a halt in recent months. Despite the election of U.S. President Barack Obama, who pledged to reverse eight years of climate inaction by former President George W. Bush's Administration, developed and developing nations remain gridlocked over who should be cutting carbon emissions - and who should be paying for it. Yvo de Boer...
...their own emissions by 20% and potentially more, Japan is the most energy-efficient large economy in the world, and is poised to become a living laboratory for fighting climate change. "I am resolved to exercise the political will to deliver on this promise," said Hatoyama, whose party in recent elections overthrew the Liberal Democratic Party that has run Japan for decades. (See pictures of Earth from space...
...graduate schools to a total of 50 students. “When a bright student needs money, he or she should be able to come,” said Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez, who signed the agreement on behalf of the University. The recently negotiated deal marks Harvard’s shifting strategy in securing sources of funding. In recent months, University administrators have taken steps to ensure that terms of such agreements are flexible enough to accommodate its beneficiaries, whose needs will likely change over time. Donations frequently come with strings attached. A fund...
...held by Brett C. Sweet. Gorodentsev, an avid long-distance runner who wakes up at 5:05 most mornings for her regular runs, believes in taking on the full marathon if she’s even going to try.‘A UTILITY PLAYER’At a recent meeting for department administrators, FAS officials said they were interviewing candidates “who would be committed to Harvard and hopefully wouldn’t leave—you know—so soon” to fill vacant deanships, said Classics Department administrator Teresa Wu.After less than...
...this year's election could be just as exciting, even though the CDU leads the SPD by a much more substantial margin than it did in 2002 - by as many as 11 points, according to the most recent polls. Denied a majority with the FDP, Merkel could opt to retain the Grand Coalition or try to rope in an additional party. (Remember the "Jamaica" scenario?) Building a coalition - an elaborate dance of horse-trading and arm-twisting - could take several weeks. (Read "Small Parties Gain in German State Votes...