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Robert Watson is Chair of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

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Business and Biodiversity
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Business and Biodiversity

Feb 22, 2019 Robert Watson argues that the despoliation of natural systems by global corporations can no longer be kept off the books.

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Sounding the Alarm on Biodiversity Loss
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Sounding the Alarm on Biodiversity Loss

Nov 10, 2017 Robert Watson touts forthcoming research that should focus policymakers' attention on ecosystem health.

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The Best Tool to Fight Climate Change
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The Best Tool to Fight Climate Change

Jeffrey Frankel says governments must urgently start to raise the price of greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Putin’s Meaningless Coup
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Putin’s Meaningless Coup

Sergei Guriev

The message of Vladimir Putin’s call in his recent state-of-the-nation speech for a constitutional overhaul is not that the Russian regime is going to be transformed; it isn’t. Rather, the message is that Putin knows his regime is on the wrong side of history – and he is dead set on keeping it there.

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Closing the SDG Gap
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Closing the SDG Gap

Kevin Watkins says rapidly reducing global inequalities is crucial to fulfilling the United Nations' 2030 agenda.

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The Truth About the Trump Economy
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The Truth About the Trump Economy

Joseph E. Stiglitz

It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Hostages of History
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Hostages of History

Carl Bildt says that the sooner the US and Iran put common sense ahead of past grievances, the better off everyone will be.

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Work in the Twenty-First Century PS OnPoint
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Work in the Twenty-First Century

Jane Humphries & Benjamin Schneider

Although work commands the bulk of most people's time and attention, there is very little clarity about how it will change with the adoption and diffusion of powerful new technologies. Fortunately, far from being predetermined, the future of work will be whatever we make it.

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The New Davos Challenge
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The New Davos Challenge

Alexander Friedman, et al. offer concrete proposals for making “stakeholder capitalism” a reality, rather than a slogan.

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What Could Spoil 2020?
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What Could Spoil 2020?

Anatole Kaletsky considers ten events that threaten to alter the likely benign scenario for the global economy this year.

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