Copenhagen Articles

It’s a pity that progressives have not mustered the same zeal over changes to global banking regulation as they did for last year’s Copenhagen summit or for voting reform representation during the post-election coalition talks. Given the minimal reaction to the Basel III banking accords, this epoch-defining issue appears in danger of falling off the radar, despite the opportunity it represents to ask some uncomfortable questions of the government.

Ahead of this evening’s event on the south Caucasus, speaker Philip Hunt writes that after the breakdown of the Copenhagen negotiations, it’s not surprising that climate change has slipped down the agenda. But it remains one of the most critical global issues we face.