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Published Date: 07 July 2009
ALL politics are local, goes the old aphorism. Yet today, we can say that all problems are global. As world leaders meet at the G8 Summit in Italy, they will have to update their politics to grapple with problems that none of them can solve alone.
The last two years have witnessed a cascade of interconnected crises: financial panic; rising food and oil prices; climate shocks; a flu pandemic and more. Political co-operation to address these problems is not a mere nicety: it has become a global ...



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  • Last Updated: 06 July 2009 8:53 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: The G8 , Climate change
 
1

Garry Bell,

Cleveland USA 07/07/2009 04:48:54
I thought Annan was a tad weak but this guy takes the cake.
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07/07/2009 07:17:13
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nabodican,

Newton Stewart 07/07/2009 07:26:45
G8 has to be one of the biggest waste of taxpayers money ever. The only things that will result from it are hot air and more taxes.
4

Unimpressed one,

07/07/2009 09:37:10
See this clown is still banging on about the 'climate crisis'. Is the fact that 1 million people still die annually from malaria not enough to contend with? Or that the UN, as usual, has done bugg*er all about Zimbabwe. Or Somalia, Haiti, etc, etc. Still an over-arching mythical threat is one that can always be guaranteed to keep governments in check.
5

El Franko,

07/07/2009 10:05:27
We would be better off without the UN. It deceives the naive, and appoints pieces of fluff to the top job while below him corruption reigns supreme.

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The Former Mr. Angry,

Perth 07/07/2009 12:07:53
It would appear that none of them can solve the various problems and crises together either. Rather reminiscent of Broon's "global solutions for global problems". Unfortunately "global" didn't hear about it and so nothing results, because this economic dunce has got it all wrong right from the outset and seeks to cover himself by getting people to believe that it was everyone else's fault and he had no hand in it, but would now like to take the credit for poncing around with a "solution", including his frankly insane £60bn/annum help for poorer countries (e.g. UK?) to deal with climate change. Inveitably this means splurging out more money that no one has - how predictable.

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Geomac 1,

Scotland 07/07/2009 18:05:54
What a bunch of utter garbage - and this guy is in charge of the UN - I despair!
is iot not time that the UN is disbanded and replaced by a more efficient and less bureaucratic organisation.
If this guy really believes that he is a world leader, then I want some of the stuff he's been smoking!
He doesn't seem to have priorities relating to reality - where does he get his information from?? The world faces REAL problems today - so why is he rabbiting on about climate change which, if anything, is tomorrows problem.
Who is this guy anyway? Ban Ki Moon? Sounds like a meal in a Chinese restuarant!!!!!!!!!
8

Nighthawk,

Jersey City 08/07/2009 04:15:13
There seems to be a lot of timid Asians appointed to key positions like the IAEA and the UN. Strong leaders are required for these positions.
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10/07/2009 06:11:00
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Wide Awake,

10/07/2009 06:44:17
climate change is a huge problem facing all of us today especially our kids.

 

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