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AU COURANT, Spring 2010
In this issue: G8 and G20 Summits
The G8 and G20 Summits take place this June in Canada. In this issue of e-Au Courant read what Gauri Sreenivasan, CCIC’s policy co-ordinator, has to say about governance and the G20. Amanda Sussman looks at ending poverty as Canada’s G8 Challenge and Legacy.  The Pembina Institute’s Clare Demerse calls on Canada and world leaders to do more about climate change. In interview with Charles Abugre, he challenges G8 leaders to make good on their MDG commitments. And the North-South Institute’s Bill Morton argues for fairer global economic rules.

AU COURANT, Fall 2009
In this issue: Environmental Justice
The United Nations climate summit, taking place this December in Copenhagen, Denmark, will be one of the great tests of our generation. What must be achieved in Copenhagen? In this issue of e-Au Courant read what Graham Saul, the Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, has to say about global justice and Canada’s climate crossroads. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank looks at resilience in farming. An interview with Guatemalan environmental activist Dr. Yuri Melini highlights his tireless fight for environment justice. CCIC’s Brian Tomlinson looks at lessons from aid effectiveness for funding for climate change adaptation and CCIC’s Surendrini Wijeyaratne examines the relationship between conflict, crisis and climate change.

AU COURANT, Spring 2009 
In this issue: Economic and Financial Crisis
Editorial: The Casino Economy by Gerry Barr; One World. Two Tracks. Multiple Crises by Fraser Reilly-King; Pirate Bankers and the Shadow Economy by Peter Gillespie; Economic Meltdown: This Crisis Has a Woman’s Face by Amelita King Dejardin; Poverty, Human Rights and the Global Economic Crisis: What Should Civil Society Be Doing? by Susan George.

AU COURANT, Winter 2009 
In this issue: Development Effectiveness
Editorial: Getting to the Heart of Development Effectiveness by Gerry Barr; Development Effectiveness: Claiming Rights and Achieving Development by Tony Tujan; Women Need a Break: Gender, the Paris Declaration and Women's Emancipation by Molly Kane; The North-South Challenge: Civil Society and Development Effectiveness by Brian Tomlinson; Making Mutual Accountability Real by Mary Robinson.

AU COURANT, Fall 2008 
In this issue: Human Rights
Editorial: Human Rights – The Great Leveller by Gerry Barr; The Rights Route to Development: Implications for Our Shared Agenda by Gauri Sreenivasan; Overdue: Action on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality by Robert Fox; Human Rights and Trade in Colombia: A Bishop’s Perspective - Interview with Bishop Juan Alberto Cardona; Amnesty’s Campaign for the Rights of People Living in Poverty by Cheryl Hotchkiss.