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Jules Kortenhorst

Jules Kortenhorst

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Jules Kortenhorst is CEO of RMI.

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  1. Clean Energy Has Won the Economic Race
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    Clean Energy Has Won the Economic Race

    Oct 25, 2021 Jules Kortenhorst highlights new research findings showing that renewables are poised to crush fossil fuels in the market.

  2. Greening the Hardest Sectors
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    Greening the Hardest Sectors

    Sep 27, 2021 Jules Kortenhorst explains what it will take to decarbonize traditionally hard-to-abate sectors of the global economy.

  3. The Mother of News Stories
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    The Mother of News Stories

    Apr 7, 2021 Jules Kortenhorst urges more support for reporting and analysis that improves the public's understanding of the climate crisis.

  4. The New Measure of Corporate Success
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    The New Measure of Corporate Success

    Mar 29, 2021 Michel Fredeau & Jules Kortenhorst say that CEOs who ignore decarbonization risk setting up their companies to fail in the net-zero economy.

  5. Climate Hope Is Back
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    Climate Hope Is Back

    Dec 28, 2020 Jules Kortenhorst & Andreas Kuhlmann see in the US election result a unique opportunity for concerted action by the world's leading economies.

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    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku Session 2

    PS editors present our second session from COP29, Financial Inclusion is Climate Action.
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.
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    The World’s Babies Need Antibiotics, Not Just Vaccines

    Glenda Gray urges the international community to help African countries prevent infant deaths from treatable infections.
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    How Trump Did It

    Not only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.

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    The Big Picture

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    Capitalism Is Driving Democracy’s Death Spiral

    Katharina Pistor argues that the financialization of the global economy has come at the expense self-governance.
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    What Germany’s Next Government Must Do

    Helmut K. Anheier argues that whoever wins the upcoming snap election must make progress in four key areas.
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    To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump

    Yasheng Huang

    By voting for Republican candidates, working-class voters effectively get to have their cake and eat it, expressing conservative moral preferences while relying on Democrats to fight for their basic economic security. The best strategy for Democrats now will be to permit voters to face the consequences of their choice.

    urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all.
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    What If Trump Keeps His Promises?

    Kaushik Basu warns that the president-elect’s proposed trade policies will erode America’s competitiveness.

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