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The Ocean Imperative

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  1. iyahen1_RANDY BROOKSAFP via Getty Images_barbadoshurricane Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images

    Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen explains how the insurance industry can mobilize private capital toward nature-based solutions.
  2. mujiono1_LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHAAFP via Getty Images_indonesiacoral Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images

    Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems

    Dadang Mujiono warns that without global intervention, biodiversity-rich regions could become prime targets for exploitation.
  3. delaney1_Jose JimenezGettyImages_bahamas_dorian Jose Jimenez/Getty Images

    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
  4. seid1_Reinhard Dirscherlullstein bild via Getty Images_seagrass Reinhard Dirscherlullstein bild via Getty Images

    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
  5. christiansen1_Alexis RosenfeldGetty Images_dead coral Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

    Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation

    César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea life.
  6. sack1_RICARDO MAKYNAFP via Getty Images_hurricane damage RICARDO MAKYN/AFP via Getty Images

    Charting a Course for Coastal Resilience

    Karen Sack urges policymakers and business leaders to take the climate and biodiversity crises littorally.
  7. endaradeheras1 LUIS ACOSTAAFP via Getty Images_juan diaz river LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images

    Reducing Plastic Pollution Requires Local Remedies

    Mirei Endara de Heras explains why on-the-ground initiatives to remove waste must complement top-down efforts to curb production.
  8. mazzucato59_EDUARDO SOTERASAFP via Getty Images_water insuecurity EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images

    Water and the High Price of Bad Economics

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al. explain why new thinking is needed to address a crisis closely linked to climate change and biodiversity loss.
  9. jmorris1_ Bruna PradoGetty Images_turtle seas Bruna Prado/Getty Images

    High Time for a High-Seas Treaty

    Jennifer Morris offers a checklist of objectives that a new comprehensive agreement on marine conservation must accomplish.

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  1. lachman3_Charly TriballeauGettyImages_us_economy_eggs Charly Triballeau/Getty Images

    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
  2. fofack29_eric1513Getty Images_dedollarization eric1513/Getty Images

    Will Trump Destroy the Dollar’s Primacy?

    Within its first two months, President Donald Trump’s second administration has attacked US institutions, alienated trade partners and allies, decimated consumer and investor confidence, and sent the stock market plummeting. Can the dollar’s status as the world’s leading reserve currency – and the extraordinary advantages this affords the US economy – withstand the onslaught?

  3. moyo32_Anton PetrusGettyImages_ai_money Anton Petrus/Getty Images

    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
  4. gbrowne1_Thomas SamsonGettyImages_fossil_fuel_non_proliferation_treaty Thomas Samson/Getty Images

    A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity

    Gaston Browne points out that the energy transition is vital not only to protect the planet, but also to enhance resilience.
  5. norrlof10_Picture AllianceGettyImages_lng_terminal_baltic_sea Picture Alliance/Getty Images

    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.
  6. op_detter1_utah778Getty Images_balancesheet utah778/Getty Images

    Fixing Public Finances Without a Chainsaw

    Dag Detter

    Governments are the most important wealth managers in their respective jurisdictions, but they rarely behave like it. To boost revenue and ensure economic stability, policymakers must modernize their accounting practices and establish public wealth funds.

    urges cash-strapped countries to adopt a commercial approach to management of government-owned assets.
  7. delong268_Drew AngererGetty Images_trump Drew Angerer/Getty Images

    Rescuing America’s Economy from Trump

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks the US president needs a regent, similar to the role Howard Baker played under Ronald Reagan.
  8. bildt133_Tobias SchwarzGettyImages_rutte_vance Tobias Schwarz/Getty Images

    The Transatlantic World Will Never Be the Same

    Carl Bildt urges Europeans to prepare for the worst from Donald Trump’s America, which is behaving like an adversary.
  9. goldberg34_Mario TamaGetty Images_USshippingcontainers Mario Tama/Getty Images

    Making Sense of the Tariff Chaos

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers whether the zero-sum logic behind the new US policy will spread.

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