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Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

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Ban Ki-moon, Deputy Chair of The Elders, is a former secretary-general of the United Nations and a former South Korean foreign minister.

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  1. Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance
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    Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

    Nov 28, 2023 Ban Ki-moon, et al. urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.

  2. Unity on Ukraine Is Unity on Peace and Justice
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    Unity on Ukraine Is Unity on Peace and Justice

    Feb 23, 2023 Ban Ki-moon & Juan Manuel Santos explain why accountability for Russia matters even for countries that would prefer to stay out of the conflict.

  3. The Climate Fight Is Asia’s Leadership Opportunity
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    The Climate Fight Is Asia’s Leadership Opportunity

    Nov 14, 2022 Kevin Rudd & Ban Ki-moon urge the region's leaders to unite the G20 agenda around the opportunities offered by the green transition.

  4. How to Make the Pandemic History
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    How to Make the Pandemic History

    Feb 17, 2022 Ban Ki-moon, et al. call for upcoming high-level international meetings to be used to close the ACT-A funding gap.

  5. The World Needs a Breakthrough Year
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    The World Needs a Breakthrough Year

    Jun 7, 2021 Graça Machel, et al. show why 2021 can be a turning point toward a healthier, greener, safer, and fairer world.

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    Climate Action Must Rise Above Politics

    Nadia Calviño foresees multilateral development banks continuing to play a critical role in financing the green transition.
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    Could Trump Be Good for Europe?

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the coming change in US leadership could be the shock that the European Union needs.
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    The Battle Over Russia’s Central Bank Heats Up

    Anders Åslund highlights rising political tension over the country’s rapidly deteriorating economic conditions.
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    There Is No Alternative to Multilateral Climate Action

    Mukhtar Babayev urges world leaders at COP29 to reaffirm their commitment to achieving the targets set by the Paris agreement.
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    Middle Powers Will Make a Multipolar World

    Dani Rodrik expects relatively large economies to emerge as a countervailing force vis-à-vis America and China.
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    Misinformation Decided the US Election

    J. Bradford DeLong asks why Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmingly held a distorted view of the country’s situation.
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    What Will Trump’s Victory Mean for the Climate?

    Gernot Wagner notes that the president-elect’s proposed policies will mainly harm America, not the global energy transition.
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    The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback

    Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the reasons for – and implications of – US Democrats’ resounding election failure.
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    The Laugh Is on the Democrats

    Ian Buruma sees Donald Trump’s victory as a rebellion of the culturally dispossessed who relish his insult comedy.

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