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Mónica Araya

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Mónica Araya is Executive Director for International Affairs at the European Climate Foundation.

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  1. Mónica Araya on electric vehicles, US climate policy, the EU-Mercosur trade deal, and more
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    Mónica Araya on electric vehicles, US climate policy, the EU-Mercosur trade deal, and more

    Sep 12, 2023 Mónica Araya welcomes progress toward zero-emission transport, laments the fossil-fuel industry’s outsize influence over governments everywhere, argues that European climate action should be based on a people-centered political narrative, and more.

  2. The Internal Combustion Bust
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    The Internal Combustion Bust

    Sep 29, 2020 Mónica Araya anticipates accelerating progress toward zero-emissions transportation in the post-pandemic era.

  3. An Interview with Mónica Araya
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    An Interview with Mónica Araya

    Sep 15, 2020 Mónica Araya calls for an intersectional approach to climate action, assesses Joe Biden’s climate proposal, and proposes how to clean up road transport.

  4. 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.

  5. A World Without Exhaust Pipes
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    A World Without Exhaust Pipes

    Oct 9, 2017 Mónica Araya calls on governments to strengthen incentives to complete the transition to electric mobility.

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    Making Biodiversity Credits Work

    Almir Narayamoga Suruí & Simon Zadek suggest how to realize the potential of this innovative mechanism for financing nature conservation.
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    Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent

    Sławomir Sierakowski explains why enthusiasm for the country’s ruling coalition has waned over the past year.
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    What Remote Work Can Do for Global Development

    Charles Ferguson points out that the decoupling of economic activity from geographic location has only just begun.
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    Saving Democracy from Itself

    Slavoj Žižek applauds French President Emmanuel Macron’s maneuvering to keep the far right at bay.
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    First Trump Came for the Immigrants

    Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul.
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    Will the IMF Survive to 100?

    Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr. & Robert H. Wade

    The World Trade Organization's precipitous decline into irrelevance should serve as a warning to the International Monetary Fund's shareholder governments, its management, and everyone who values multilateral economic cooperation. In a rapidly changing world, global institutions must reform or die.

     propose incremental changes to keep developing and emerging economies on board and engaged.
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    European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past

    Friedrich Merz

    The old Europe of the Cold War sought comfort in the past and confidence in the solitary US leadership that defined the era. Unfortunately, when it comes to its own security, Europe seemingly remains in a time warp, stuck somewhere before 1989.

     laments that nostalgia for US leadership unites a continent that must define the decisive action needed now.
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    The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

    Hailemariam Desalegn urges governments to recognize that the degradation of ecosystems poses a major threat to global stability.
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    The US Election and the Crisis of Whiteness

    Edoardo Campanella sees long-term demographic trends driving the country’s increasingly divisive politics.

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