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Top UN Climate Chief: Idea of a "Big Bang" Agreement a "Myth" (Video)

Photo via CGI I’d been meaning to write about this statement, made by Christiana Figueres, the new UN Climate Chief, since she made it a couple days ago, at a panel I attended at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative. What she’s talking about, of course, is the persistent hope among many for a binding international treaty that can be agreed upon by all parties and nations — that which never materialized at Copenhagen, and for which the meeting was labeled a colossal failure. In the video after the jump, Figueres explained why such a “big bang” agreem… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How to Turn Local Water Conservation into Good Business (Video)

Photo via CMAFDA At what may have been the most interesting session at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative — a discussion with leaders from big business and nonprofit orgs on how to find market solutions for protecting the environment — Dr. Sanjayan, the lead scientist of the Nature Conservancy, discussed his agency’s promising large-scale project to turn combating water crises around the world with market-based ‘water protection’ plans. The video after the jump explains: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bill Clinton: Closing Landfills a "Silver Bullet"

Bill Clinton at the opening plenary of 2010’s Clinton Global Initiative, via Daylife As we know, Bill Clinton has a knack for fostering partnerships between states, businesses, and nonprofits: It’s what his annual Global Initiative is all about. That extends even to some unlikely provinces — like trash, for instance. During the opening plenary of 2010’s session, he remarked that he hadn’t yet heard of anyone coming all the way to CGI to talk about garbage. But all that changed toda… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Pitt Men Have Boys Night Out

We caught up with Brad Pitt and son Maddox Jolie-Pitt last night in New York. Papa Pitt was in town for the Clinton Global initiative and after saving the world was complete, he took one of his sons to Dave & Busters for some precious one-on-one time.

Watch Brad Pitt to Speak Live About New Orleans

The actor will speak as part of the Clinton Global Initiative

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