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Making COP28 Count

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    Look East to Fix Climate Governance

    Antara Haldar explains how cultural wisdom and a key institutional innovation salvaged a doomed summit.
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    The IMF Needs to Lead on Climate Finance

    Laurence Tubiana & Kevin P. Gallagher show why the Fund must play a vital role in closing the gaps left by the latest UN Climate Change Conference.
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    How to Assess the Outcome of COP28

    Gernot Wagner thinks new climate pledges made in Dubai this year should be welcomed as another small step forward.
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    SDRs Are the Great Untapped Source of Climate Finance

    Jayati Ghosh

    Instead of bickering over the wording of national policy commitments, G7 countries should advance new issuances of special drawing rights, the International Monetary Fund’s reserve asset. By reallocating existing SDRs, rich countries could unlock funding for climate-mitigation projects across the developing world.

     urges leaders to use the IMF’s reserve asset to help low-income economies achieve sustainability goals.
  6. newman1_Lucas Aguayo AraosAnadolu Agency via Getty Images_trash Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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    The Futility of Waste Management

    Sarah Newman chronicles the centuries-long quest to transform profligate consumption into a positive force.
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    Digital Payments Hold the Key to Climate Resilience

    Benjamin E. Diokno urges policymakers and the private sector to embrace the transformative potential of emerging technologies.
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    Pulling the Amazon Back from the Brink

    Carlos Nobre & Marielos Peña-Claros urge policymakers at COP28 to prevent the world’s largest rainforest from crossing perilous tipping points.
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    What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?

    Nikki Reisch argues that corporate capture is preventing the annual COPs from driving an exit from fossil fuels.
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    Ukraine Needs Security Guarantees

    Ana Palacio views NATO as the only institution that can credibly safeguard the country’s sovereignty in the long term.
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    AI Is a Rare Bright Spot for Global Governance

    Ian Bremmer & Marietje Schaake

    A new Global Digital Compact rests on the insight that while AI can be a game-changing technology, managing its far-reaching potential requires a new global infrastructure and robust mechanisms to manage the risks. At a time when multilateralism is faltering, global cooperation remains possible.

     herald a new global compact that aims to manage the technology’s risks and unlock its potential.
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    What US Interest-Rate Cuts Mean for China

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng point out that the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing gives Chinese policymakers room to fight deflation.
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    Enjoy the Soft Landing

    J. Bradford DeLong marvels at the continued strength of the US economy following rapid monetary-policy tightening.
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    Policymakers’ Green-Tech Fantasy

    Daniel Gros refutes the widespread belief that renewables-related industries could form the foundation of a major economy.
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    Marietje Schaake on our tech overlords, antitrust, data protection, and more

    Marietje Schaake warns that Big Tech’s outsize influence threatens democracy, suggests what Western leaders can learn from Chinese technology governance, urges governments to use public procurement to influence the trajectory of digital technology, and more.
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    Capitalizing on the Weakening of Hamas and Hezbollah

    Dennis Ross

    The massive losses suffered by Hezbollah and Hamas – and the weakening of Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance” – needs to be seen in strategic terms. Put simply, it creates an opening to transform for the better not just Gaza and Lebanon but also much of the region.

     thinks Israel’s decimation of Iran’s proxies in Gaza and Lebanon must be viewed in strategic terms.
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    Warrior Nations of the Middle East

    Ian Buruma shows how shame and humiliation have shaped national identities that countenance further killing.
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    What Would Victory in Ukraine Look Like?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers what kind of peace settlement Ukraine might be able to accept in the near term.

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