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Renzo R. Guinto

Renzo R. Guinto

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Renzo R. Guinto is Associate Professor of Global and Planetary Health at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.

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  1. Preparing for a Future of Extreme Heat Waves
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    Preparing for a Future of Extreme Heat Waves

    Jul 17, 2024 Renzo R. Guinto urges political leaders to place resilience at the heart of housing, transport, and water policies.

  2. The Economy that Planetary Health Requires
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    The Economy that Planetary Health Requires

    Nov 8, 2021 Renzo R. Guinto thinks the need to envisage a “new normal” is no less urgent now than it was at the beginning of the pandemic.

  3. Pandemic Policy Must be Climate Policy
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    Pandemic Policy Must be Climate Policy

    Jul 28, 2020 Renzo R. Guinto says that lockdowns cannot lead to healthy, equitable decarbonization, but can spur changes that will.

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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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