Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.
sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.
explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
纽黑文—很少有机构能像世界银行那样展现出如此多的多样性和适应性。 世界银行最初是为了解决二战后全球资本市场的不完善问题而成立,随着时间的推移,它的主要使命演变为专注于与极端贫困作斗争。 但随着世界银行将在今年 7 月迎来一位新行长,它应该再次调整,这次是为了应对气候变化。
当然,新冠大流行使许多低收入国家陷入困境,因此减贫仍应是重中之重。 但气候变化已成为对这些国家,以及整个地球的未来同样重要的威胁。 因此,减贫必须与应对气候变化的目标齐头并进。
但是,用循证研究支撑这些措施说起来容易做起来难。 人们经常听说,低收入国家应该关注气候变化,因为它们是受气候变化后果(自然灾害、土壤退化、水资源短缺等)损失最大的。 这个结论可能是正确的; 但这个论点是有缺陷的,因为它基于一个虚假的比较。
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