http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/clinton_global_initiative Comments for "The Clinton Global Initiative: party on , Lam Thuy Vo " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/clinton_global_initiative <p> The current president of the United States hosted a gathering of politicians from fifteen countries in Washington on <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14748173">26-27 September 2007</a> to discuss climate change. At the same time, his predecessor was demonstrating in New York that serious access and influence was no longer the sole prerogative of political incumbents. If George W Bush&#39;s conference revealed the difficulties the US administration faces in pursuing a climate-change policy that the rest of the world can believe in, Bill Clinton&#39;s show - the <a href="http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&amp;pid=1399&amp;srcid=-2">Clinton Global Initiative</a> (CGI), a project of his <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/index.htm">foundation</a> - suggested another route to international credibility: the glamorous fusion of politics, business, civil society and celebrity. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/clinton_global_initiative" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/clinton_global_initiative">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/clinton_global_initiative#comment globalisation Lam Thuy Vo Original Copyright visions &amp; reflections Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:26:25 +0100 34709 at http://www.opendemocracy.net