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Jörg Haas

Jörg Haas

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Jörg Haas is Head of International Politics at the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

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  1. The Fuel of the Future
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    The Fuel of the Future

    Jan 2, 2023 Jörg Haas thinks that changing the way gas is produced is crucial to achieving net-zero emissions.

  2. Managing Energy Crises in an Age of Climate Disruption
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    Managing Energy Crises in an Age of Climate Disruption

    Dec 10, 2021 Jörg Haas & Lili Fuhr argue that preventing large swings in fossil-fuel prices will require both demand and supply-side measures.

  3. The Need for Debt-for-Climate Swaps
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    The Need for Debt-for-Climate Swaps

    Aug 17, 2020 Shamshad Akhtar, et al. call for a new global facility that would combine debt relief with investments in sustainability.

  4. No Blank Check for Development Banks
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    No Blank Check for Development Banks

    Apr 19, 2018 Kevin P. Gallagher & Jörg Haas want to compel the World Bank and its partner institutions to commit to climate-friendly infrastructure.

  5. When Climate Leaders Protect Dirty Investments
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    When Climate Leaders Protect Dirty Investments

    Nov 7, 2017 Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder & Jörg Haas say governments should rewrite trade deals to encourage investment in zero-carbon energy solutions.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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