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Rachel Kyte, a former UN climate envoy, is Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

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  1. It’s the Energy System, Stupid
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    It’s the Energy System, Stupid

    Nov 8, 2022 Vanessa Nakate & Rachel Kyte trace the defining global crises of 2022 to the world’s dependence on fossil fuels.

  2. Greening the “Special Relationship”
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    Greening the “Special Relationship”

    Mar 2, 2021 Rachel Kyte, et al. explain why the United States and the United Kingdom must provide joint climate leadership this year.

  3. Climate Code Red
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    Climate Code Red

    Sep 19, 2019 Rachel Kyte says that a faster transition to clean energy is both necessary and possible.

  4. Building Climate Trust
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    Building Climate Trust

    Sep 23, 2015 Rachel Kyte urges rich countries to honor their promises to help the developing world fight climate change.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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