At a meeting on Global Green Growth in Denmark yesterday, Ban Ki-moon went on an alphabetical rampage:
The three Gs of Global Green Growth must respond to social, economic and environmental challenges equally. Because we live in an era of three Fs: crises on Food, Fuel and Finance. So we need to enhance the three Es: the Economy, the Environment and global Equity.
It’s a pity that, having turned to the economy, he didn’t talk about major powers losing their AAA ratings. Although I’m afraid this rhetoric will have elicited a few Zzz’s…
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Richard Gowan coordinates the International Security Institutions program at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. He is also the UN Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and an associate of the Foreign Policy Center (London).



