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Greetings: <br>
The Cambridge University M.Phil Programme in Environmental Engineering
and Sustainable Development is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Distinguished
Lecture Series on Sustainable Development. Under the auspices of CMI, the
lectures are being broadcast simultaneously to MIT on selected Wednesday
afternoons from 1:00 -2:30. The fourth lecture is Wednesday, March
2; the Spring 2005 Lecture Series schedule is at
<a href="http://ceemeng.mit.edu/Distinguished%20Lecture%20%20leaflet%202005.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://ceemeng.mit.edu/Distinguished%20Lecture%20%20leaflet%202005.pdf</a><br><br>
Details include:<br><br>
Title: <b>Trade, Environment and Development: Issues, linkages,
challenges and opportunities</b> <br><br>
Speaker: <b>Prof. Paul Ekins</b>, <i>Head, Environment Group,
Policy Studies Institute</i> <br><br>
<b>Abstract:</b> There are three interacting global phenomena that will
impact on the lives of present and future generations of humans:
globalisation (a process of growing international interaction),
multilateralism (a process whereby nation states seek to act collectively
rather than unilaterally to address international problems), and global
environmental pressures (most obviously exemplified by climate change).
International trade is bound up with all three phenomena. The expanded
range of issues which the multilateral (and global) World Trade
Organisation (WTO) now seeks to address (agriculture, development,
services, intellectual property rights, investment and environment, to
name just the main ones) is evidence to the dynamic and complex nature of
issues with global ramifications.<br>
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exploring the relationships between these issues, the presentation will
stress how new they are as elements of a global agenda, and how much work
needs to be done to understand how policy at the global level should seek
to address them. There are enormous challenges, related to this work but
good policy in relation to these issues depends on its being undertaken
to a high quality and leading to real increases in understanding about
the interacting forces and influences that are driving global change.
With these challenges come great opportunities for policy-relevant
research that is of great potential importance as to how the global
agenda develops and is addressed.<br><br>
Time: Wednesday, <b>March 2, 1:00-2:30</b> <br><br>
Location: <b>MIT</b> <b>Room 9-151 <br><br>
</b>Refreshments: <b>cookies and juice provided<br><br>
</b>-Gayle <br>
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