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Barbara Unmüßig

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Barbara Unmüßig is President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

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  1. Food Systems on the Edge
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    Food Systems on the Edge

    Aug 18, 2021 Barbara Unmüßig fears that the upcoming United Nations summit will entrench the inequitable status quo.

  2. A Radically Realistic Climate Vision
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    A Radically Realistic Climate Vision

    Nov 1, 2018 Barbara Unmüßig argues that limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is both possible and essential.

  3. A Climate-Friendly Response to Trump’s Protectionism
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    A Climate-Friendly Response to Trump’s Protectionism

    Jun 4, 2018 Barbara Unmüßig & Michael Kellner call on the EU to implement a levy on greenhouse-gas emissions, including climate border adjustment.

  4. The Geoengineering Fallacy
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    The Geoengineering Fallacy

    Oct 12, 2017 Barbara Unmüßig raises serious doubts about the viability and safety of proposed technological fixes for climate change.

  5. The Plant-Based Solution to Hunger
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    The Plant-Based Solution to Hunger

    Dec 27, 2016 Barbara Unmüßig warns that industrial meat production is taking land that billions of people need to survive.

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    The Global Economy Without America

    Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.
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    A Westless World

    Tobias Bunde reflects on this year's Munich Security Conference and America's break from the transatlantic alliance.
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    Germany’s Last-Chance Election

    Michael Bröning

    With German voters clearly demanding comprehensive change, the far right has been capitalizing on the public's discontent and benefiting from broader global political trends. If the country's democratic parties cannot deliver, they may soon find that they are no longer the mainstream.

     explains why the outcome may decide whether the political “firewall” against the far right can hold.
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    The Only Path to Genuine Peace in Ukraine

    Nicu Popescu

    The Russian and (now) American vision of "peace" in Ukraine would be no peace at all. The immediate task for Europe is not only to navigate Donald’s Trump unilateral pursuit of a settlement, but also to ensure that any deal does not increase the likelihood of an even wider war.

     sees a Korea-style armistice with security guarantees as the only viable option in Ukraine.
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    Meltdown at the Top of the World

    Masatsugu Asakawa urges development banks to act urgently to avert the catastrophic effects of the Himalayas’ thawing glaciers.
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    The Economic Consequences of Trump’s Ukrainian Peace

    Gene Frieda

    Rather than engage in lengthy discussions to pry concessions from Russia, US President Donald Trump seems committed to giving the Kremlin whatever it wants to end the Ukraine war. But rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim would amount to setting the stage for the next war.

     warns that by punishing the victim, the US is setting up Europe for another war.
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    There Goes America

    Within his first month back in the White House, Donald Trump has upended US foreign policy and launched an all-out assault on the country’s constitutional order. With US institutions bowing or buckling as the administration takes executive power to unprecedented extremes, the establishment of an authoritarian regime cannot be ruled out.

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    In AI We Trust?

    William H. Janeway

    The rapid advance of AI might create the illusion that we have created a form of algorithmic intelligence capable of understanding us as deeply as we understand one another. But these systems will always lack the essential qualities of human intelligence.

     explains why even cutting-edge innovations are not immune to the world’s inherent unpredictability.
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    How Trump Can Achieve Sustained Growth

    Michael R. Strain foresees the US president building on a strong economy, so long as he steers clear of populist policies.

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