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    Biological Weapons Convention Confidence: the prohibition and learning from the past

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) seeks to completely exclude the possibility that biological agents and toxins will be used as weapons. In recent years many states parties to the convention have expressed  unease about its accomplishments since 2001 and its future direction.
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    Peace and Security Council Report: Egypt's readmission to the AU

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    This issue considers the recent decision to lift Egypt’s suspension from the AU. As Libya comes back onto the AU’s agenda, the challenges confronting the PSC in this volatile country are reviewed. Insights are provided on the PSC’s role in post-conflict reconstruction and development, as well as cooperation between the PSC and the UN Security Council.
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    Will the BRICS provide the global public goods the world needs?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    The demand for global economic governance is increasing in a globalising and increasingly interlinked economy. Yet global governance, a global public good, is currently undersupplied – and this (e.g. lack of global rules on trade, finance and emissions) is harming development.
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    Implementing the responsibility to protect: new directions for international peace and security?

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    The international peace and security architecture is undergoing a profound renovation in the twenty first century. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine is being re-evaluated from political and operational perspectives, while the Responsibility while Protecting (RwP), a Brazilian initiative, can be a new direction for international peace and security.
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    To save succeeding generations: UN Security Council reform and the protection of civilians

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    The UN needs to be reformed, and this has been an almost constant item on the agenda of the General Assembly and Security Council since the creation of the organisation. The current paper is a contribution to the debate about UN reform, with specific reference to the protection of civilians by peacekeeping missions under international law.
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    Brazil’s rise: seeking influence on gobal governance

    Brookings Institution, 2014
    Brazil stands at a crossroads in its road to major power status. It can either continue its ascent, or can remain a middle power, albeit a critical one, within the existing international status quo. A major power is characterized by more than size, population, and economic achievement. It is distinguished by its intentions regarding its role in the international system.
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    Engaging with the media: a companion to the Advocacy Toolkit for influencing the post-2015 development agenda

    Sustainable Development 2015, 2014
    As part of the Sustainable Development 2015 (SD2015) programme, this guide is for anyone who is working in the sustainable development sector and on the post-2015 development agenda: NGOs, CSOs, charities, private sector, governmental organisations or any other stakeholder group that might engage with the media.
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    Advocacy toolkit: influencing the post-2015 development agenda

    Sustainable Development 2015, 2014
    The SD2015 partners have produced a toolkit for civil society and other stakeholder organisations, coalitions and individuals that wish to influence the post-2015 development agenda, including the design of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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    Zero poverty… think again: Impact of climate change on development efforts

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    This paper reviews knowledge about the impacts of climate change on eight development goal areas and argues that it is essential for climate change to be addressed in order not to compromise development efforts.
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    Addressing the risk of double counting emission reductions under the UNFCCC

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2014
    This working paper assesses how double counting of emission reductions can occur and how it could be addressed. This is an issue because if emission reductions are double counted, actual global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could be higher than the sum of what individual countries report.

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