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On ‘economy vs. environment’: How history can guide discussions today

With the UN Climate Summit, CIFOR’s Colloquium on Forests and Climate and the CGIAR Development Dialogues all taking place this week in New York, watch CIFOR scientists Jacob Phelps and Kiran Asher discuss the roles that the “green economy” and climate change play in current debates—and where the idea of sustainable development even comes from.

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