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Andrew Steer

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Andrew Steer is President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund.

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  1. Dread or Hope at COP27?
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    Dread or Hope at COP27?

    Nov 8, 2022 Andrew Steer & Kelly Levin think both perspectives are needed to build more momentum toward achieving net-zero emissions.

  2. Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait
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    Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait

    Jun 26, 2020 Jagan Chapagain & Andrew Steer urge rich-world governments to ramp up investments that boost poorer countries' resilience to future threats.

  3. A New Hope for US Climate Action
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    A New Hope for US Climate Action

    Dec 10, 2019 Jules Kortenhorst & Andrew Steer argue that efforts by America's cities, states, and businesses are no substitute for federal leadership.

  4. The Changing Landscape of Forest Management

    The Changing Landscape of Forest Management

    Apr 7, 2014 Andrew Steer & Paul Bulcke show how technology-driven transparency is aiding sustainability in a crucial area.

  5. King Coal’s Climate Challenge
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    King Coal’s Climate Challenge

    Nov 19, 2013 Andrew Steer provides a reality check on the climate-change implications of continued reliance on coal power.

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    Ukraine Is Far From Doomed

    Tatyana Deryugina & Anastassia Fedyk

    When comparing Ukraine’s situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible. But it will require the West, and the US in particular, to put aside domestic political squabbles and muster the political will to provide Ukraine with consistent and robust military and financial assistance.

     compare Russia's full-scale invasion to World War II and see reason to hope – as long as aid keeps flowing.
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    The Pandemic Financing Developing Countries Need

    Rachel Glennerster urges multilateral development banks to establish mechanisms that enable at-risk vaccine purchases.
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    The Geopolitics of Africa’s Debt Crisis

    Anne O. Krueger urges developed countries to back efforts by the IMF and the World Bank to promote growth-enhancing reforms.
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    Why the EU’s New Migration Pact Matters

    Ana Palacio applauds the pragmatic coalition-building, especially by Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, that enabled the deal.
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    AI Needs UN Oversight

    Peter G. Kirchschläger calls for the creation of a watchdog – similar to the IAEA – that employs a human rights-based approach.
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    The West Is Hastening Its Own Decline

    Brahma Chellaney argues that the unprecedented US and European sanctions against Russia are backfiring.
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    Canceling Palestine

    Slavoj Žižek

    Current debates about Israeli policy are rife with double standards, leading to absurd decisions like Germany’s recent cancellation of a pro-Palestinian gathering. By quashing legitimate speech and assembly, an Israel-aligned establishment risks inciting precisely the kind of anti-Semitism that it wants to prevent.

     worries that the double standards applied on Israel’s behalf will lead to an anti-Semitic backlash.
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    America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age

    Bruce Ackerman urges US President Joe Biden to put universal preschool at the center of his re-election campaign.
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    History Already Tells Us the Future of AI

    Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.

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