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Haruhiko Kuroda

India’s Growth Crossroads

MANILA – As the slowdown in the world’s major industrial economies drags on, growth in developing Asia is being affected. A serious burden w…
Hans-Werner Sinn

The Collateral Damage of Europe’s Rescue

MUNICH – The eurozone is now in its sixth year of crisis – and of efforts by the European Central Bank and the international community to en…
Mahmoud Mohieldin

Getting Cities Right

WASHINGTON, DC – The developing world is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four billion in 2030…
Paul R. Ehrlich

The Food Threat to Human Civilization

PALO ALTO – Humanity faces a growing complex of serious, highly interconnected environmental problems, including much-discussed challenges l…

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Parag Khanna May 23, 2013

The Human City

SINGAPORE – The tangled web of international organizations that constitutes global governance has become so remote and ineffective that few …
Randall Morck May 15, 2013

Oily Dirt

EDMONTON – Calm discussion of the environment nowadays is about as plausible as reasoned dialogue on witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. C…
Bjørn Lomborg May 15, 2013

Hugging a Burning Tree

PRAGUE – We are all brought up to recycle paper to save trees. We get countless e-mail admonitions: “Please consider the environment before …
Emmanuel Guerin May 13, 2013

Green Sovereign Wealth

PARIS – At the end of 2011, sovereign-wealth funds’ assets under management amounted to $3 trillion, following 237 direct investments worth …
Jeffrey Frankel Apr. 16, 2013

Fear of Fracking

CAMBRIDGE – Against all expectations, US emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, since peaking in 2007, have fallen by 12% as of 20…
Brahma Chellaney Apr. 3, 2013

Asia’s Resource Scramble

NEW DELHI – Competition for strategic natural resources – including water, mineral ores, and fossil fuels – has always played a significant …
Peter Hoffmann Apr. 3, 2013

The Hydrogen Solution

RHINECLIFF, NY – Around the world, governments and businesses are constantly being called upon to make big investments in solar, wind, and g…
Gordon Conway Apr. 2, 2013

Can We Feed the World?

LONDON – In the 1960’s, the Green Revolution – which included the development of high-yielding crop varieties, the expansion of irrigation i…
Jeffrey D. Sachs Mar. 28, 2013

Paths to Sustainable Power

NEW YORK – The surest bet on the future of energy is the need for low-carbon energy supplies. Around 80% of the world’s primary energy today…
Giles Merritt Mar. 26, 2013

Penny Wise, Gas Foolish

BRUSSELS – Europe is on the verge of making a historic mistake, one that would compound the growing sense of European decay and collapse. Th…

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