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Negative Paradigm of Sustainable Development

 
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The Need to Redefine SD

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Negative SD as Disguised Protectionism

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Developing Countries, Regulatory Trade Barriers and Negative Sustainable Development

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Employing a Positive SD Paradigm to Foster Developing Country Growth

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Negative SD Process-Based Certification and Eco-labeling Standards

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Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs)

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Negative SD and Customary International Law – Challenges to WTO Treaty Law

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Negative SD and China

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Negative SD and United Nations Reform

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Negative SD and International Standards

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Negative SD, the Precautionary Principle, and the US

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Negative SD and NGO Activism
bullet Negative SD, the Precautionary Principle and the Taking of Private Property
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Negative SD and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

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Negative SD and Socialism

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Negative SD is Socialism

bullet Negative SD, ‘Consensus’ and the Political Manipulation of Scientific Data
bullet Negative SD and Brussels Centralized Decision-Making
 

 

Positive Paradigm of Sustainable Development

 
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Positive SD and Innovation

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Positive SD and Private Property Rights

bullet Positive SD and Brazil
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Positive SD and the EU’s Struggle Against Food Safety-Based Trade Protectionism

 

The Need to Redefine SD

bullet Sustainable Development - Differing Interpretations
 
bullet The Negative Paradigm of Sustainable Development Is...
 
bullet Not Defining Sustainable Development the EU Way
 
bullet The EU Paradigm of Sustainable Development Calls on Governments to Shape, Regulate and Tax the Marketplace
bullet The Highjacking of Sustainable Economic Development by Progressive Negative Internationalists
 

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SD as Disguised Protectionism

bullet EU and 'Green' Plans for the Precautionary Principle: Redefining the Role of Science and Technology for the World
 
bullet A New Form of EU Protectionism: Exporting Precautionary Principle-based Standards Abroad
 
bullet Using International Law, Institutions and Anti-American Stereotypes To Gain a Global Competitive Advantage

bullet EU Protection of Labor and Services Industries

 

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Developing Countries, Regulatory Trade Barriers and Sustainable Development

bullet Developing Countries, Regulatory Trade Barriers and Sustainable Development
 
bullet Studies Evaluating the Negative Impacts of Overly Stringent Standards on Developing Countries
 

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Employing a Positive SD Paradigm to Foster Developing Country Growth

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SD Process-Based Certification and Eco-labeling Standards

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Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs)

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SD and Customary International Law – Challenges to WTO Treaty Law

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SD and China

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SD and United Nations Reform

bullet Empowering the UN to Achieve
The 'Negative' Paradigm of Sustainable Development
bullet Expanding the Scope of the UN Security Council Mandate to Include Promotion of Sustainable Development and Commitment to the Precautionary Principle
bullet UN Report Seeks Expanded UN Mandate for Sustainable Development to Prevent Collective Threats
bullet EU Illegitimately Utilizes UN as Proxy to Further its Global Ambitions
bullet UN Recommended Product-Service Systems
bullet United Nations Convention Against Corruption

 

 

 

 

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SD and International Standards

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SD, the Precautionary Principle, and the US

 

bullet Precautionary Principle Replaces Physical Science with Social Science - Follows Common Fears and Reflects Bias Against Technology
bullet U.S. Unilateralism (Opposition to the Precautionary Principle) Reflects a Difference in the Notion of Constitutional Law
bullet American Proponents of the Precautionary Principle Seek to Redefine Science and Trample Private Property Rights

 

  

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SD and NGO Activism

bullet Blair Government Supported NGO Ban on Animal Testing

bullet Promoting NGO Activism

bullet Promoting Corporate 'Name and Shame' and 'Consumer Fear' Campaigns

 

  

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SD, the Precautionary Principle and the Taking of Private Property

bullet The War on Property Rights (2006)

bullet Biosphere Reserves – New Jersey Commission of Safety (2003)

bullet Property Rights Foundation of America Congressional Update – American Land Sovereignty Protection Act – (2001)
bullet American Proponents of the Precautionary Principle Seek to Redefine Science & Trample Private Property Rights

bullet American Land Sovereignty Protection Act Hearings Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives (H.R. 883) (1999)

bullet American Land Sovereignty Protection Act (H.R. 901) (Addressing Proliferation of UN World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves - 1997)

bullet UNESCO Contribution to UN Habitat Agenda – Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites (1996)

bullet UN General Assembly Resolution 47-180 – UN Conf. on Human Settlements (1992)

bullet UN Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements & Vancouver Plan of Action Recommendations (Habitats I - 1976)

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SD and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

bullet SD and the WTO Doha Ministerial Mandate

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IP Opportunism

 

  

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SD and Socialism

bullet Why American Capitalism Succeeds and EU Socialism Fails?
bullet The European Socialist Dream
bullet Disparaging Capitalism
bullet The Historical and Philosophical Antecedents to the Current Wave of Anti-Americanism
bullet The UN Global Compact Promotes Corporate Socialism
bullet Long-held European Anti-American Sentiment is Threat to U.S. Global Influence
bullet The Rift Between the United States and Europe - No Need to Apologize for Being American

 

  

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Negative SD and Brussels Centralized Decision-Making

bullet Czech President Vaclav Klaus – Brussels Promotes Far-Reaching Regulation of Human Activities and Standardization & Harmonization of Human Life
bullet Czech President Vaclav Klaus – EU Requirements Have Brought More Regulation, Government Intervention, Political Correctness and Popular ‘Isms’ That Jeopardize Freedom
bullet Czech President Vaclav Klaus – There is a Dangerous Tendency of the Current World to Legislate Everything, Which Threatens to Lead to Supranational Global Governance
bullet Czech President Vaclav Klaus – There is a Dangerous Tendency of the Current World to Legislate Everything, Which Threatens to Lead to Supranational Global Governance
bullet Czech President Vaclav Klaus – The Paternalistic, Overregulated Regional European Welfare State Economic System Shares Features With Communism and Limits National Sovereignty
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Czech President Vaclav Klaus -- The Biggest Threat to Freedom, Democracy, the Market Economy and Prosperity Now is Ambitious Environmentalism, Not Communism
bullet Czech President Vaclav Klaus – Western Europe Owes its Successful Sixty Years of Development to American Presence in Europe

 

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Negative SD,Consensus and the Political Manipulation of Scientific Data

bullet UK Royal Society Plays Political 'Blame Game' on Global Warming Says Former Greenpeace Co-founder Patrick Moore
bullet UN and its Scientists Distort Truth About Climate Change
bullet Careful Scientific Calculations, Analyses and Discussions About Climate Change, Not Political Consensus, Are Needed
bullet English Public Responds Positively to Rigorous Scientific Analysis of the Sun’s Effect on Climate Change
bullet UN Minimizes Sun’s Role in Climate Change, Commits Calculation Errors, Uses Unsound Data and Exaggerates Future Warming Trends

 

  
 

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Positive SD and Innovation

bullet Science, Technology and Innovation are Necessities for World’s Poorest Countries, But So Are Private Property Rights
bullet WIPO - Patents Are a Primary Indicator of Innovation
bullet Cultivating Innovation at the Corporate Level
bullet Commitment to Innovation Measured by R&D Intensity
bullet Institutions, Technological Innovation and Early Economic Growth (abstract)
bullet OECD Science Technology Innovation Scoreboard
bullet China Must Become More Innovative and Promote Entrepreneurship (CNN Money)
bullet The Role of IP in University Technology Transfer (UC Berkeley)
bullet The Role of Medical (New Drug) Innovation in Extending Human Longeavity
bullet Explaining America's Dominance in Biomedical Innovation

 

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Positive SD and Private Property Rights

bullet Private Property and Liberty
bullet Private Property, Free Trade & Wealth
bullet Private Property and Securing Free Trade Agreements
bullet Private Property and Nation-building

 

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Positive SD and Brazil

bullet The Need for Financial Institutions to Conduct Market Due Diligence (a new era for investments)
bullet The Need for Federalism, Rule of Law and Constitutional Reforms
bullet The Need for Decentralization/Subsidiarity
bullet The Need to Respect Private Property
bullet The Need to Develop Free Markets
bullet The Need to Attract Investment Capital
bullet The Need for Good Governance
bullet The Need for Free Trade
bullet The Need to Commit to Long-Term Economic and Financial Reforms
bullet The Need to Reduce State Intervention

 

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Positive SD and the EU’s Struggle Against Food Safety-Based Trade Protectionism

bullet European Food Safety Authority Admits Confusion Between Science and Policy
bullet Codex Alimentarius Drops Precautionary Principle From Risk Analysis Guidelines

 

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