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Layla Liebetrau

Layla Liebetrau

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Layla Liebetrau is Founder of The Third Sector, which supports the campaigns and communications strategies of civil-society movements working on human rights and the environment.

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  1. The Pesticide Double Standard
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    The Pesticide Double Standard

    Nov 1, 2022 Silke Bollmohr & Layla Liebetrau lament farmers’ continued reliance on toxic substances that are banned in the countries that produce them.

  2. The True Price of Pesticides Is Unaffordable
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    The True Price of Pesticides Is Unaffordable

    Jul 22, 2020 Layla Liebetrau calls for stricter government controls on the use of harmful agrochemicals in developing countries.

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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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    The EU Must Break Up Big Tech

    Cori Crider explains how reining in digital giants’ outsize power would boost competition and help combat climate change.
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    The Case for Solidarity Levies

    A promising way to mobilize more climate finance for developing countries is to expand the use of “solidarity levies”: global levies on carbon dioxide emissions and other economic activities that channel proceeds to developing countries. The benefits of scaling up such measures would be far-reaching.

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    Living in Trump’s World

    Mark Leonard explains what European leaders must do to prepare for the radical changes promised by the US president-elect.
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    PS Roundtable: The Return of Trump

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    Although Americans – and the world – have been spared the kind of agonizing uncertainty that followed the 2020 election, a different kind of uncertainty has set in. While few doubt that Donald Trump's comeback will have far-reaching implications, most observers are only beginning to come to grips with what those could be.

    consider what the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election will mean for America and the world.
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    Inequality Is Destroying Mental Health

    Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett propose raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to improve well-being in unequal countries.
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    How Europe Could Benefit from Trump’s Second Term

    Daniel Gros urges policymakers to focus on defusing trade tensions with the bloc’s largest export partner.

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