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"www.e-parl.net"
  • www.e-parl.net
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"Small"
  • Small.  Fragile.  Interconnected.
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"200 nation states focusing on..."
  • 200 nation states focusing on national Interests
  • No easy way to learn from experience of others
  • Slow, difficult negotiations to reach agreement
  • International institutions with weak democratic legitimacy
  • Global problems unsolved or worsening - climate, deforestation, AIDS, wars, nuclear weapons, poverty, etc


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New systems needed
  • Fast, flexible, global
  • Share best practice among law-makers
  • Enable closer cooperation across borders
  • Democratic


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Connecting parliaments
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e-Parliament process
  • Poll legislators to set joint priorities
  • Gather ideas that work for online Ideas Bank
  • International parliamentary hearings
  • Detailed briefing materials or model legislation
  • Support national parliamentary legislation
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A global agenda
  • DEMOCRACY
  • Democracy and Human Rights
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Global Governance


  • ECONOMY
  • Economic Policy and Trade
  • Poverty and Unemployment
  • Technology and the Internet


  • RESOURCES
  • Energy, Transport and Climate
  • Environment
  • Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries
  • SECURITY
  • Conflict Prevention
  • Defence and Disarmament
  • Crime, Terrorism and Justice


  • SOCIETY
  • Education and Culture
  • Health
  • Population and Migration
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A global agenda
  • DEMOCRACY
  • Democracy and Human Rights
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Global Governance


  • ECONOMY
  • Economic Policy and Trade
  • Poverty and Unemployment
  • Technology and the Internet


  • RESOURCES
  • Energy, Transport and Climate
  • Environment
  • Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries
  • SECURITY
  • Conflict Prevention
  • Defence and Disarmament
  • Crime, Terrorism and Justice


  • SOCIETY
  • Education and Culture
  • Health
  • Population and Migration
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"Getting"
  • Getting
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e-Parliament Climate Hearings
  • Threat to the planet


  • Powering an energy efficient economy from the sun


  • Working together


  • What can legislators do now?


  • Energy efficiency
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy access for the poor
  • Forest protection


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Benefits of action,
with or without global agreement
  • Protect the planet
  • Stop worrying about price of oil
  • Energy for as long as the sun shines
  • Less lung disease
  • More jobs
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