Considering the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Environment
In the face of current global concerns, global meetings focusing on economic issues appear, perhaps understandably, to be proliferating, with a large number of economic institutions holding meetings, and several ad hoc meetings of international ministers in the news. Among recent meetings, the Minis...
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| Published in: | Environmental policy and law 2008-11, Vol.38 (6), p.326-327 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | In the face of current global concerns, global meetings focusing on economic issues appear, perhaps understandably, to be proliferating, with a large number of economic institutions holding meetings, and several ad hoc meetings of international ministers in the news. Among recent meetings, the Ministers of Finance from the countries that comprise the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development held their eightieth meeting on Oct 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. In that meeting, the Ministers noted that, while energy and commodity prices are down from their all-time highs, they are likely to remain high by historical standards. Another potentially important indicator in the WB and IMF meetings was the increased level of attention given to mobilizing resources for adaptation to climate change -- an issue that is sometimes thought to reflect the view that such change cannot be avoided, but must become integrated into long and medium-range planning, development, technologies, RD and technology transfer. |
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| ISSN: | 0378-777X 1878-5395 |