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Climate Change Shifts Focus for Energy System

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Published On :: 2014-06-16T11:47:00Z

The U.S. National Climate Assessment report states bluntly that streets in coastal cities are flooding more readily, that hotter and drier weather in the West means earlier starts to wildfire seasons, and that every region of the nation already is seeing real effects of climate change.


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Carbon Breakthrough: US, China Make Milestone Agreement to Fight Climate Change

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Published On :: 2014-11-12T16:03:00Z

President Barack Obama pledged deeper U.S. cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions and China will for the first time set a target for capping carbon emissions under an agreement between the world’s two biggest economies.


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Obama to Pledge $3 Billion for Climate Change Fund

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Published On :: 2014-11-17T16:53:00Z

President Barack Obama will pledge $3 billion to a United Nations climate-change fund that’s intended to help poor nations boost renewable energy and counter the ill effects of global warming.


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We Should be Looking to CEOs, Not Politicians, for Climate Change Action

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Published On :: 2015-01-01T13:19:00Z

In May of 2014, Speaker of the House John Boehner responded to a climate change question with, “listen, I’m not qualified to debate the science over climate change. I am astute to understand that every proposal that has come out of this administration to deal with climate change involves hurting our economy and killing American jobs. That can’t be the prescription for dealing with changes to our climate.” Speaker Boehner is not the only one reluctant to enter into the debate on climate change. In a March interview Mitch McConnell responded to a climate change remark with, “For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't…”


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Climate Change: The Need for a More Consistent Baseline and Immediate Action

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Published On :: 2015-01-27T14:45:00Z

The UN climate conference in Lima set the stage for Paris in 2015. Next year’s accord is to provide a working, albeit not a final, answer to the question: Is it possible to keep global warming at or below the 2 degree Celsius limit? This limit is considered the boundary beyond which the negative climatic, economic and social consequences of climate change are thought to become intolerably severe and potentially irreversible.


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Mexico Pledges to Cut Emissions 25 Percent in Climate Change Milestone

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Published On :: 2015-03-30T16:13:00Z

Mexico has become the first developing nation to formally promise to cut its global-warming pollution, a potential milestone in efforts to reach a worldwide agreement on tackling climate change.


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Can this online startup change how companies buy renewable power?

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Published On :: 2019-04-01T14:45:51Z

It was a milestone deal, not for its size but for the number of parties. In January, five big companies, each with differing energy requirements and renewable strategies, agreed to pool their investment and collectively purchase 42.5 megawatts from a North Carolina solar project.


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Climate change helping solar, hurting hydro in Europe, say scientists

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Published On :: 2019-04-10T15:07:39Z

Climate change is picking up pace in Europe, thrusting farmers and power generators onto the front lines of a battle with nature that threatens to upend the lives of the half billion people who occupy the world’s biggest trading bloc.


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U.S. announces changes to implementing regulations of the Endangered Species Act

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Published On :: 2019-08-13T16:45:00Z

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has unveiled changes to the implementing regulations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that Interior says is “designed to increase transparency and effectiveness and bring the administration of the Act into the 21st century.”


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Democratic presidential hopefuls take on climate change, tout goals

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Published On :: 2019-09-05T10:16:54Z

Even as they touted ambitious proposals to reduce carbon emissions to a national audience, Democratic candidates for president tried to balance the boldness of their plans with the need for simplifying a complex scientific problem to make it palatable to voters.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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NAFCU's Comments to Federal Reserve on Interchange Fraud Adjustment

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Fred. R. Becker Jr., president and CEO of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, on Sept. 28, 2011, submitted comments to the Federal Reserve Board's Jennifer Johnson on its interim final rule on the fraud adjustment for debit card interchange fees.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Telework Leads to Changes in India's 2020 Cybersecurity Policy

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India is modifying its 2020 National Cybersecurity Policy to take into account the shift to teleworking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Lt. Gen. (Retd) Rajesh Pant, national cybersecurity coordinator.


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Carbon Breakthrough: US, China Make Milestone Agreement to Fight Climate Change

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Published On :: 2014-11-12T16:03:00Z

President Barack Obama pledged deeper U.S. cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions and China will for the first time set a target for capping carbon emissions under an agreement between the world’s two biggest economies.


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Obama to Pledge $3 Billion for Climate Change Fund

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Published On :: 2014-11-17T16:53:00Z

President Barack Obama will pledge $3 billion to a United Nations climate-change fund that’s intended to help poor nations boost renewable energy and counter the ill effects of global warming.


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Mexico Pledges to Cut Emissions 25 Percent in Climate Change Milestone

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Published On :: 2015-03-30T16:13:00Z

Mexico has become the first developing nation to formally promise to cut its global-warming pollution, a potential milestone in efforts to reach a worldwide agreement on tackling climate change.


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The Way Humans Get Electricity Is About to Change Forever

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Published On :: 2015-06-23T17:46:00Z

Trillions of dollars will be invested in renewable energy over the next 25 years, driving some of the most profound changes yet in how humans get their electricity. That's according to a new forecast by Bloomberg New Energy Finance that plots out global power markets to 2040. 


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Where Now on Climate Change for the UK?

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Published On :: 2016-07-18T12:18:00Z

It was a gamble that went spectacularly wrong for Tory Prime Minister David Cameron: Allow the UK to decide through a national referendum on their future participation in the EU and hope that they choose to remain.


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New Journalist Exchange Focuses on China’s Growing Clout

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:35:17 +0000

New Journalist Exchange Focuses on China’s Growing Clout

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (center, left) with participants in the EWC’s China-U.S. Journalists Exchange program discussing Chinese investment in Los Angeles.

The East-West Center’s first China-United States Journalists Exchange focused on China’s more assertive role in regional issues and its increasing economic might.


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Nobel laureate urges prompt action on climate change

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:35:49 +0000

Nobel laureate urges prompt action on climate change

In delivering his formal address on Dec. 10 while accepting a share of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC Chairman and former East-West Center Visiting Senior Fellow Dr. Rajendra Pachauri told the audience at Oslo City Hall that the hazards of climate change are already a reality in some places and present the acute possibility of disaster, especially for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities, but that prompt action by more affluent societies could moderate such impacts.


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Journalists Kick Off Inaugural Pakistan-U.S. Exchange

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Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:24:30 +0000

HONOLULU (April 11, 2011) -- Participants in the East-West Center’s inaugural Pakistan-U.S. Journalists Exchange began their fellowship in Honolulu last week with lively discussions on the complex U.S.-Pakistan relationship and issues facing the media in both countries. Over the weekend, the Pakistani participants left for their tour to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Columbia, Missouri, while the Americans departed for Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan. Follow the East-West Center’s Facebook and Twitter accounts for posts and news articles from the participants.


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Videoconference with NY High School on APEC Issues Helps Launch Online Exchange Project

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Published On :: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:21:38 +0000

HONOLULU (Nov. 4, 2011) -- EWC President Charles E. Morrison participated today in a videoconference with about 80 students and teachers at Scarsdale High School in New York, focusing on issues related to the APEC Leaders Meetings in Honolulu next week. Also participating in the discussion was Robert Koepcke, Deputy Director of the U.S. State Department's Bureau for East Asia and Pacific Affairs.

Video of the discussion will be posted soon as part of the launch of a new online school exchange program called "Open Channels," which will connect more than 60 schools in the U.S., Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and elsewhere.


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EWC's Online Classroom Exchange Connects Students and Educators in Eight Countries

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Published On :: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:32:02 +0000

The EWC’s AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools launched the AsiaPacificEd Crossings Website and educational initiative. This online resource, established just prior to the APEC Summit in Honolulu, has already enabled more than 1,400 K-12 students and educators from 48 schools in eight APEC economies (Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and United States) to explore and connect with the Asia Pacific region. 


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EWC Researchers Brief Congress on Pacific Climate Change Impacts

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Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:18:55 +0000

EWC environment researchers Melissa Finucane and Victoria Keener gave a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill Sept. 17 on the findings of the recent Center-led Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment, which will be included as regional input to the federal government’s upcoming National Climate Assessment. Hawai‘i Sen. Brian Schatz, who co-hosted the briefing, said that “In Hawai‘i and throughout the Pacific, climate change is not an abstract concept –it is already having very real consequences.”

Sen. Schatz speaks at the climate briefing.


Among the major concerns for Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands that Finucane and Keener discussed are:


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The East-West Center: Change and Opportunity

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Published On :: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:57:23 +0000

Remarks of East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison

Friends of the East-West Center Annual Meeting
Nov. 9, 2016

Thank you Puongpun, for a generous introduction. I also want to thank the Friends of the East-West Center for inviting me to speak and all of you for coming.


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Changes to the ISA Regulations

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Published On :: 2015-03-06

Changes to The Child Trust Fund Regulations and ISA Regulations have been proposed. Both sets of amended regulations, which are currently in draft form, are expected to be finalised later this month and come into force on 6 April 2015. The changes ...


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The FSA consults on updated guidance following change to allergen labelling law

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Published On :: 2020-02-10

In September 2019, the UK government introduced new legislation which will change the way in which food businesses are required to provided allergen information. The new legislation, which comes into force on 1 October 2021, requires food businesses...


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Changes in the customs regulation of Russia and the EAEU caused by COVID-19 pandemic

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Published On :: 2020-05-05

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Civil procedure – important changes in April 2009

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Published On :: 2009-02-24

There are some important changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) coming into effect in April this year. The CPR is a set of rules that govern all civil court cases in England and Wales. General pre–action conduct The use of pre-action pro...


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Leadership Program Virtual Series: Change Leadership Certificate

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Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:40:13 +0000

Start Date: 
Jun 3 2020 - 4:00pm
End Date: 
Jun 3 2020 - 6:00pm
Timezone: 
Hawaii time
Description: 

This four-part series offers new insights on change leadership from the fields of organizational development, behavioral sciences and positive psychology. You will learn new tools to help you manage and even thrive in times of change, as well as receive coaching support to make progress within the month on a goal you identify. We recommend you join the certificate together with a colleague/partner who is working with you on the change initiative. This is also a pre-qualification program for upcoming online EWC Innovation Fellows. This certification series is free (estimated value of 2000 USD) but we suggest a donation of 50 USD to an EWC Program of your choice. To meet all qualifications for this certificate, please register for all four sessions scheduled for May 13, 20, 27, and June 3 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM HST. This event is open to Leadership Program alumni and East-West Center staff and students.

 

Location: 
Zoom meeting
Contact Name: 
Christina Monroe


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Leadership Program Virtual Series: Change Leadership Certificate

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Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:28:54 +0000

Start Date: 
May 27 2020 - 4:00pm
End Date: 
May 27 2020 - 6:00pm
Timezone: 
Hawaii time
Description: 

This four-part series offers new insights on change leadership from the fields of organizational development, behavioral sciences and positive psychology. You will learn new tools to help you manage and even thrive in times of change, as well as receive coaching support to make progress within the month on a goal you identify. We recommend you join the certificate together with a colleague/partner who is working with you on the change initiative. This is also a pre-qualification program for upcoming online EWC Innovation Fellows. This certification series is free (estimated value of 2000 USD) but we suggest a donation of 50 USD to an EWC Program of your choice. To meet all qualifications for this certificate, please register for all four sessions scheduled for May 13, 20, 27, and June 3 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM HST. This event is open to Leadership Program alumni and East-West Center staff and students.

 

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Contact Name: 
Christina Monroe


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Leadership Program Virtual Series: Change Leadership Certificate

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Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:24:04 +0000

Start Date: 
May 20 2020 - 4:00pm
End Date: 
May 20 2020 - 6:00pm
Timezone: 
Hawaii time
Description: 

This four-part series offers new insights on change leadership from the fields of organizational development, behavioral sciences and positive psychology. You will learn new tools to help you manage and even thrive in times of change, as well as receive coaching support to make progress within the month on a goal you identify. We recommend you join the certificate together with a colleague/partner who is working with you on the change initiative. This is also a pre-qualification program for upcoming online EWC Innovation Fellows. This certification series is free (estimated value of 2000 USD) but we suggest a donation of 50 USD to an EWC Program of your choice. To meet all qualifications for the certificate, please register for all four sessions scheduled for May 13, 20, 27, and June 3 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM HST. This event is open to Leadership Program alumni and East-West Center staff and students.

 

Location: 
Zoom meeting
Contact Name: 
Christina Monroe


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Leadership Program Virtual Series: Change Leadership Certificate

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Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:18:28 +0000

Start Date: 
May 13 2020 - 4:00pm
End Date: 
May 13 2020 - 6:00pm
Timezone: 
Hawaii time
Description: 

This four-part series offers new insights on change leadership from the fields of organizational development, behavioral sciences and positive psychology. You will learn new tools to help you manage and even thrive in times of change, as well as receive coaching support to make progress within the month on a goal you identify. We recommend you join the certificate together with a colleague/partner who is working with you on the change initiative. This is also a pre-qualification program for upcoming online EWC Innovation Fellows. This certification series is free (estimated value of 2000 USD) but we suggest a donation of 50 USD to an EWC Program of your choice. To meet the qualifications for the certificate you need to register for all four sessions scheduled for May 13, 20, 27, and June 3 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM HST. This event is open to Leadership Program alumni and East-West Center staff and students.

 

Location: 
Zoom meeting
Contact Name: 
Christina Monroe


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Chinese and American Journalists Meet In Inaugural Exchange Program

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:08 +0000

Chinese and American Journalists Meet In Inaugural Exchange Program
Travel and dialogue program is designed to deepen
public understanding of the two countries and their relationship

HONOLULU (Sept. 22, 2010) - Seven Chinese and seven American journalists are meeting at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i this week for a mutual dialogue culminating a new journalism exchange program in which each group visited the other’s country and are now comparing impressions.

The Chinese journalists traveled to Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles, while the U.S. journalists visited Beijing, Chengdu and Hong Kong. Both groups met with government officials, community and business leaders, educators, local journalists, and others to gain insights on diverse issues and perspectives that shape the relationship between the two countries.


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East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:08 +0000

East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change
HONOLULU (September 24, 2010) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change.


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East-West Center Announces New China-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:11 +0000

East-West Center Announces New China-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program

Travel and dialogue program is designed to deepen public understanding of the two countries and their relationship

HONOLULU (June 17, 2010)


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Fesharaki Appointed to Board of Dubai Mercantile Exchange

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:24 +0000

Fesharaki Appointed to Board of Dubai Mercantile Exchange
HONOLULU (August 6) – East-West Center Senior Fellow Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME). The DME is the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, providing a financially secure, well-regulated transparent trading environment.


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East-West Center Awarded Nearly $95,000 for Japan-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program

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East-West Center Awarded Nearly $95,000 for Japan-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program
HONOLULU (June 10) – The East-West Center has received a two-year grant of $94,747 from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership to support the Japan-United States Journalist Exchange .

This 12-day exchange program, co-sponsored by the East-West Center and Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (NSK), sends six to seven Japanese journalists to the United States and an equal number of U.S. journalists to Japan to broaden the journalists’ knowledge of the relationship and challenges faced between the two countries.


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EWC Awarded $414,952 from National Institutes of Health to Study Family Change in Japan

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:33 +0000

East-West Center Awarded $414,952 from National Institutes of Health to Study Family Change in Japan
HONOLULU (Dec. 11, 2008) – The East-West Center (EWC) received a grant of $414,952 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development to support on-going research in Japan on family change. The multi-year study, “Innovations in Early Life Course Transitions,” focuses on the interplay of structural societal change, individual behavior and attitudes, and the emergence of an altered family institution in Japanese society.


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EWC Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:34 +0000

East-West Center Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program
Applications Currently Being Accepted

HONOLULU (Dec.15) -- The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to provide renewed support for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange program.


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Islamic Boarding School Leaders from Indonesia to Visit U.S. Schools in East-West Center Exchange Program

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000

Islamic Boarding School Leaders from Indonesia to Visit U.S. Schools in East-West Center Exchange Program
HONOLULU (Oct. 20) – Groups of educators from Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia will be spending the next two weeks visiting schools in 11 U.S. states as part of an East-West Center program designed to foster mutual understanding between the United States and Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world.


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