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Guantanamo: What Fate Awaits 17 Detainees Cleared of Terrorism Charges?
Yesterday, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. reversed a lower court ruling that would have immediately transferred and released into the United States 17 detainees who have been cleared of terrorism charges after seven years of detention at the Guantanamo military base. In Kiyemba v. Obama, the court asserted that the detainees have a right to release but that the court lacks the authority "to order an alien held overseas brought into the sovereign territory of a nation and released into the general population."
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Climate Finance: Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global DevelopmentThis collection of 36 policy essays provides new proposals for financial, regulatory, and governance mechanisms, including how to create a comprehensive approach through greater public funds, private investment though carbon markets, and structured incentives for developing country innovations. It suggests that national and global regulation of cap-and-trade and offset markets will be required. Essays also address forest and energy policy, international development funding, international trade law, and coordinated tax policy.
