Heres’s the third in a series of background briefs from Fleishman-Hillard’s Brussels office on issues that delegates from around the world will grapple with at the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December. This brief focuses on reform of the Clean Development Mechanism, which will be negotiated in Copenhagen.
“The CDM is one of three flexible market-based mechanisms [...]
Entries from November 2009
More Background on Copenhagen Climate Conference
A Conversation with Sir Christopher Meyer
Sir Christopher Meyer, a member of Fleishman-Hillard’s International Advisory Board and career veteran of the British diplomatic corps (he closed out his career in 2003 as Ambassador to the United States), was here in Washington today to share his views on emerging international trends. We’ve captured some of his thoughts in the following series of [...]
The Idea Vs. The Reality of Health Care Reform
A November 4 article in the New England Journal of Medicine compared U.S. public opinion about the health care overhaul effort during the Clinton Administration and the current one that the Obama Administration has championed. The results are that the pattern of public opinion is similiar today to what it was in the early ’90s, [...]
Financing Climate Change Remedies
A couple of weeks ago, we posted here a great overview by Fleishman-Hillard’s Brussels office of the December Copenhagen Climate Conference. Comes now a second installment in the Brussels Copenhagen series: a concise backgrounder on this ever-important question: how will the world pay for all the recommendations that will be under consideration at the Conference.
GOP Healthcare Plan: DOA?
As I mentioned in my previous post on this week’s healthcare debate in Congress, House Republicans indicated they would offer their own bill as an alternative. It looks like they have come through on this promise.
The Associated Press, which was provided a draft of the bill, reported that the plan is “much shorter and focuses [...]
Where’d All The Lobbyists Go?
According to a just-released study by watchdog groups OMB Watch and the Center for Responsive Politics, there was an unusually high surge of lobbyists who terminated their legal status as lobbyists during the second quarter of 2009. The question everyone will be asking, of course, is why? The second question will be: did President Obama, [...]
Key Issues in House Healthcare Debate
Since Congress returned from its August recess, healthcare reform has dominated its agenda. Various congressional committees have debated – often contentiously – numerous legislative proposals to reform the system. Each proposal has sought to answer the ultimate question: how do you reform the current healthcare system to improve the quality of care, increase access for [...]
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Fox News?
As with every other White House – and most public officials, for the matter – the Obama White House has a problem with the media. Or, to be more specific, certain segments of the media – especially Fox News – that are sharply critical of the White House.
And as with every other, those in charge [...]
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