A diary written by Sailor Lucas Le Provost of the COP15. One of the numerous ships navigating amidst world politics.

Day 1, December, 8^th of the year 2009. I left my house and my family behind me for the first time. Xiao Yu was asleep for the better, it avoided screams and tears. My tears. Today has been a long first day on the boat. There are people all over the place, many of them busy with more tasks than they can handle, many of them just wandering around, lost in the hectic excitement. The cacophony of so many different languages mixed with the knowledge of the difficult tasks ahead makes me think of Babel. I hope that God will help us with this one. (more…)

joseph stiglitz

On September 14th, two of the most famous economists of the world issued a report on measuring development beyond GDP. To challenge the way economic development is measured matters politically because our society is in a discourse crisis. As the report puts it:

“as what we measure shapes what we collectively strive to pursue -and what we pursue determines what we measure - the report and its implementation may have a significant impact on the way in which our societies looks at themselves and, therefore,on the way in which policies are designed, implemented and assessed.”

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