Introducing the first episode of the IHEID Environmental Committee podcast, “The Ecologist”.
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Book of the Week: “Too small to fail: why some small nations outperform larger ones and how they are reshaping the world”, by R. James Breiding
“Too Small to Fail analyzes how several successful ‘small’ countries, with populations under twenty million, have made a virtue out of their physical limitations. The book seeks to understand what it is they do differently, and why. What is their recipe for achieving better-educated, more egalitarian and wealthier populations? The book looks first at the forest and then the trees. It examines the characteristics shared by small countries, such as Switzerland, Ireland, Singapore, and the Scandinavian states. It draws parallels and discovers patterns shared among them that are common to each of their success stories. The book then looks at the policies of selected countries that have paved the way for remarkable improvements; and considers the individuals, corporations and institutions that have made a positive and sustainable impact. It further goes on to explain how these small countries are reshaping the World in a never before manner.”
Publisher: Harper Business, Uttar Pradesh (India), 2019
Call number: 303 HEIA 126707
Illustration: book cover.
Film of the Week: “Contagion”, by Steven Soderbergh
“When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband (Matt Damon) that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger (Jude Law) fans the flames of paranoia.”
102 min., 2011
Call number: 8.0 CON HEIDVD 2906
Book of the Week: “Transforming multilateral diplomacy: the inside story of the Sustainable Development Goals”, by Macharia Kamau, Pamela Chasek and David O’Connor
“Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy provides the inside view of the negotiations that produced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only did this process mark a sea change in how the UN conducts multilateral diplomacy, it changed the way the UN does its business. This book tells the story of the people, issues, negotiations, and paradigm shifts that unfolded through the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs and the subsequent negotiations on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, from the unique point of view of Ambassador Macharia Kamau, and other key participants from governments, the UN Secretariat, and civil society.”
Publisher: London, Routledge, 2018
Call number: 327(004) HEIA 121548
Goodbye, Plastic Bags!
To improve its environmental impact, the Library has now stopped distributing single-use plastic bags. If you didn’t bring your own, you can instead purchase a reusable bag – charcoal grey & featuring the Graduate Institute logo – for CHF 3.- at the loan desk.
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