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Simon Zadek

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Simon Zadek is Chair of Finance for Biodiversity (F4B).

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  1. Legitimate Investors Are Financing Environmental Crime
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    Legitimate Investors Are Financing Environmental Crime

    Feb 3, 2022 Simon Zadek urges banks and regulators to apply anti-money-laundering rules to a broader range of corporate activities.

  2. Financing a Sustainable Global Food System
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    Financing a Sustainable Global Food System

    Sep 14, 2021 Simon Zadek proposes four ways to mobilize private capital behind the transition to viable, equitable production.

  3. Greening Sovereign-Debt Restructuring
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    Greening Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

    Aug 12, 2020 Simon Zadek urges creditors to offer better terms to debtors that improve protection of their natural capital.

  4. A Low-Carbon Belt and Road
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    A Low-Carbon Belt and Road

    Mar 28, 2019 Ma Jun & Simon Zadek propose steps to ensure that the coming wave of infrastructure investment doesn't overwhelm climate goals.

  5. Greening Digital Finance
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    Greening Digital Finance

    Feb 6, 2017 Simon Zadek explores the potential of fintech to support environmental sustainability.

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    The Key to Unlocking Africa’s Economic Potential

    Landry Signé explains why fostering trade integration and regional value chains is essential for the continent to prosper.
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    Geopolitical Davids and Goliaths

    Harold James considers lessons from smaller countries about how to wield power and influence in the twenty-first century.
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    Preparing for the Next Global Catastrophe

    José Manuel Barroso explains why global leaders must focus on creating equitable response mechanisms ahead of the next crisis.
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    Italy’s Next Government Must Tackle Climate Security

    Luca Bergamaschi shows why the country’s politicians can no longer afford to ignore a major threat to national security.
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    Europe and the New Non-Alignment

    Laurence Tubiana

    Despite the massive civilian suffering in Ukraine, many countries have been wary of taking sides, owing both to a perception of European double standards and to Russia’s leverage over energy and commodity prices. But while new geopolitical dynamics have complicated climate advocacy, they certainly haven't derailed it.

     sees both challenges and opportunities for climate policy in an era of geopolitical fragmentation.
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    The Sting of Climate Risk Is in the Tails

    Mark Cliffe thinks conventional models have overemphasized the long term at the expense of more immediate threats.
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    Should Humanities Professors Be Automated?

    Nicholas Agar considers the implications of recent successes with AI-generated academic research and writing.
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    Should Energy Companies’ Windfall Profits Be Taxed?

    Imposing a one-off tax on energy companies’ extraordinary profits might seem like a no-brainer at a time of soaring inflation, but the idea has more than a few detractors. As policymakers in a growing number of economies move ahead, we asked PS commentators whether they are right to do so.

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    The Global Necessity of American Democracy

    Javier Solana shows why the political health of the United States has become a matter of global concern.

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