Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Gro Harlem Brundtland, a former prime minister of Norway and a former director-general of the World Health Organization, is a co-chair of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board.

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Preventing the Next Pandemic
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Preventing the Next Pandemic

Oct 21, 2019 Gro Harlem Brundtland & Elhadj As Sy advocate a multidimensional – and highly cost-effective – approach to preparedness for disease outbreaks.

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Social Solidarity for Sustainable Development
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Social Solidarity for Sustainable Development

Sep 28, 2018 Gro Harlem Brundtland says that every head of state, government, and citizen has a responsibility to help achieve the SDGs.

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The Changing Climate on Climate Change
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The Changing Climate on Climate Change

Sep 17, 2015 Gro Harlem Brundtland is optimistic that an effective agreement to combat global warming will be reached in December.

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Securing a Sustainable Future
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Securing a Sustainable Future

Sep 16, 2015 Gro Harlem Brundtland & Graça Machel warn world leaders that climate change could erase progress toward development goals.

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The Way Ahead on Climate Change

The Way Ahead on Climate Change

Dec 9, 2008 Gro Harlem Brundtland, et al.

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The West’s Arrested Social Development

Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

Impeachment and the Wider World

Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.