Juan Villoro
La ciudad como imagen
La imagen dominante de Barcelona es la de una urbe dominada por el buen gusto, la eficacia, la tolerancia y la luz mediterránea. Sin perder estos atributos, el escenario cambió en los últimos años para presentarse como plataforma de servicios.
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Mireia Belil
La gestión local de la inmigración: La perspectiva política
Representantes del mundo local debatieron la gestión de la diversidad en la mesa redonda 'La gestión local de la inmigración' dirigida por la Fundación Fórum en el marco del IV Seminario Inmigración y Europa, organizado por la Fundación CIDOB y la Diputación de Barcelona, el 14 de diciembre de 2006.
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Herman Mulder
The Other "Inconvenient Truth"
Even if the analytics of the impact of GHG emissions are convincing, the technologies for mitigation in an advanced stage of development (notably Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for coal-fi red powerstations), the metrics and economics of the carbon value becoming clearer (i.e. Professor Stern: "The Economics of Climate Change"), there is no certainty at all that we, the whole medical team with the "bright minds and warm hearts" of this planet, will be able to lower the fever, let alone to cure our patient suffering from acute "climatosis".
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Paul Hohnen
Scale Up, Speed Up: The Agenda for Action
I would like to recommend a motto for a collective action plan by governments, business and civil society, beginning this year 2007. In four words, it is 'scale up, speed up'. Let me explain my rationale for this agenda.
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Rossana Reguillo
The politics of fear. Thought versus fatalism
Shaken by constant emergencies, and accustomed to a profound uncertainty, people in the 21st century, despite the multitude of names they are blessed with: citizens, the public, audiences, public opinion, the debarred, the marginalised, metropolitan inhabitants, suburbanites, global citizens, outsiders, strangers, etc […]
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