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Simon Zadek

Simon Zadek

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Simon Zadek is Executive Director of NatureFinance and Co-Lead of the Secretariat for the Taskforce on Nature Markets.

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  1. Planning for a Future Beyond 1.5°C
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    Planning for a Future Beyond 1.5°C

    Nov 20, 2023 Simon Zadek argues that the target for limiting global warming has become an impediment to truly innovative climate action.

  2. A New Playbook for Preserving Nature
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    A New Playbook for Preserving Nature

    Jul 25, 2023 Sandrine Dixson-Declève & Simon Zadek propose a broad set of measures to steer the global economy toward a nature-positive pathway.

  3. The Geopolitics of Nature
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    The Geopolitics of Nature

    Jun 6, 2023 Simon Zadek highlights the fatal flaw in green “solutions” like the EU’s new deforestation legislation.

  4. A Silent Revolution in Sovereign Finance
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    A Silent Revolution in Sovereign Finance

    Apr 3, 2023 Simon Zadek touts the potential of sustainability-linked bonds to prevent debt crises and accelerate climate action.

  5. Who Should Be Bailed Out Next?
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    Who Should Be Bailed Out Next?

    Mar 27, 2023 Simon Zadek urges rich-country governments to aid debt-distressed poor countries as urgently as they have their failing banks.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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