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SUMMARY:Watch the Webinar - What are the Prospects for Democracy in Latin America?
DESCRIPTION:Recent electoral victories by left-leaning leaders and parties mark another turn in the oscillations of Latin American politics\, but they also signal enduring changes. The electoral success of the left is a sign of both the durability of electoral democracy and the persistence of social pressures in highly unequal societies. \n\n\n\nJoin us for this webinar\, as Maxwell Cameron discusses how the electoral fates and governing strategies of leftist movements and parties reflect the conditions in which they emerged. He analyzes the political and organizational legacies of Cold War repression as well as the ways in which global events such as 9/11\, the commodity boom of the 2000s and its exhaustion\, the Covid-19 pandemic\, and the new global wave of progressive movements\, have shaped the ebb-and-flow of left-wing politics.  \n\n\n\nIs there a possibility for the construction of social democracy as an alternative to radical populist and right-wing oligarchical politics? Join us for this important discussion. \n\n\n\nOur speaker: Maxwell A. Cameron (PhD Berkeley 1989) specializes in comparative politics (Latin America)\, constitutionalism\, democracy\, and political ethics. He is the author or editor of a dozen academic books as well as over sixty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.  \n\n\n\nOur moderator: Laura Macdonald is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. She has published numerous articles in journals and edited collections on such issues as the role of non-governmental organizations in development\, global civil society\, social policies and citizenship struggles in Latin America\, Canadian development assistance\, Canada-Latin American relations and the political impact of North American economic integration. Her recent work looks at transnational activism in North America around labour rights\, migration\, and human rights in Mexico\, trade and gender\, and policies to reduce crime and violence in Mexico City. 
URL:https://group78.org/event/what-are-the-prospects-for-democracy-in-latin-america/
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SUMMARY:Watch the webinar: International Climate Finance  Perspectives from Canada and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:It has become clear over the past few decades that the poorest developing countries are suffering the worst devastation from the climate crisis\, in the form of droughts\, flooding\, and rising seas\, despite being the least responsible for global warming. While the need for financial support for developing countries\, particularly for climate change adaptation\, has been acknowledged\, financing from donor countries has chronically fallen short of UN targets. This webinar reviewed recent trends in climate financing for the poorest countries and recommended possible ways to resolve the financing shortfall. \n\n\n\nOur panelists and moderator: \n\n\n\nDr. Spencer Thomas\, Lead negotiator for climate change and biodiversity for Grenada\, is currently the Vice Chair of the Clean Development Mechanism of the UNFCCC and the technology coordinator of the Alliance of Small Island States. He is a former Financial Secretary and Economic Policy Adviser in the Ministry of Finance of Grenada. Dr. Thomas holds a doctorate in Energy Economics from Howard University\, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Iowa State University and Howard University respectively\, and a post-doctoral master’s degree in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy from the University of the West Indies.  \n\n\n\nBrian Tomlinson is the Executive Director of AidWatch Canada\, which focuses on issues related to Canadian and global aid priorities as well as global trends in the development effectiveness of civil society organizations (CSOs). Brian is an adjunct professor in the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. He facilitates several civil society Working Groups with the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s CSO Reference Group focusing on issues relating to donor policies and practices for Official Development Assistance (ODA). He retired in June 2011 as Senior Policy Analyst (Aid Policy) at the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)\, the platform for Canadian CSOs in development cooperation\, where he worked for 16 years. \n\n\n\nJennifer Bansard (Moderator) is a political scientist with expertise in climate\, biodiversity\, and urban governance\, as well as the role of science in environmental governance. She works at the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)\, which provides science-based advice on sustainability issues. Jennifer has an international academic education and holds Masters Degrees in Environment & Resource Management (VU Amsterdam\, Netherlands)\, International Relations (Sciences Po Aix\, France) and Applied Political Sciences (University of Freiburg\, Germany). She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Potsdam. In her dissertation\, she examines the emergence of “blue carbon\,” a concept that refers to the carbon sequestration potential of coastal ecosystems\, such as mangroves\, seagrasses\, and salt marshes. 
URL:https://group78.org/event/watch-the-webinar-international-climate-finance-perspectives-from-canada-and-the-caribbean/
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