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Carlos Manuel Rodriguez is CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility.

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  1. How Public Development Banks Can Help Nature
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    How Public Development Banks Can Help Nature

    Nov 11, 2020 Elizabeth Maruma Mrema & Carlos Manuel Rodriguez highlight the potential of state-backed lenders to promote biodiversity and sustainable development.

  2. Toward a Global Biodiversity Accord
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    Toward a Global Biodiversity Accord

    Nov 7, 2019 Carlos Manuel Rodriguez & Alvaro Cedeno Molinari list ten priorities that should be included in a new international framework for conservation policy.

  3. The Latest Climate Science Must Mobilize Us, not Paralyze Us
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    The Latest Climate Science Must Mobilize Us, not Paralyze Us

    Oct 8, 2018 Mónica Araya & Carlos Manuel Rodriguez urge greater ambition by policymakers in response to the IPCC's dire new conclusions about global temperature.

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    Trump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine

    Tatyana Deryugina, et al. warn that trying to appease Putin could cast the American president-elect as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain.
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    Should Ukraine Have Nuclear Weapons?

    Slavoj Žižek dismisses the idea that firing Western missiles at Russian targets represents a dangerous escalation.
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    The End of the Liberal West

    Joschka Fischer considers what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for Europe and the post-war world order.
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    Trump’s Inflationary Triple Threat

    Maurice Obstfeld

    Contrary to the claims of techno-libertarians like Elon Musk, independent central banks have a decades-long record of successfully controlling inflation. Yet, as the Federal Reserve’s credibility and oversight capabilities become more critical than ever, US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies threaten to undermine them.

     warns that the incoming administration’s agenda would weaken the Fed and destabilize the financial system.
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    What Will Trump Do About China?

    US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.

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    The Big Picture

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    Human Progress in the Trump Era

    Tawakkol Karman, et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.
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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy

    Jeffrey Frankel dives into the incoming US administration’s absurd claim that fresh tax cuts will not increase the deficit.
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    The Deal Trump Should Offer China

    Todd G. Buchholz proposes that the incoming US administration push for a debt write-off and market access instead of tariffs.

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