While carbon pricing and industrial policies may have enabled policymakers in the United States and Europe to avoid difficult political choices, we cannot rely on these tools to achieve crucial climate goals. Climate policies must move away from focusing on green taxes and subsidies and enter the age of politics.
explains why achieving climate goals requires a broader combination of sector-specific policy instruments.
The long-standing economic consensus that interest rates would remain low indefinitely, making debt cost-free, is no longer tenable. Even if inflation declines, soaring debt levels, deglobalization, and populist pressures will keep rates higher for the next decade than they were in the decade following the 2008 financial crisis.
thinks that policymakers and economists must reassess their beliefs in light of current market realities.
伦敦—本月是联合国抗生素耐药性(AMR)高级别会议召开一周年,该联合国会议由英国的独立AMR评估帮助组织。对我来说,去年的这个时刻令人无比光荣。因为我是AMR评估主席,也因为我的团队和英国总医务官萨利·戴维斯(Sally Davies)。
去年的高级别会议决议,成员国代表将在两年后再次开会评估进展情况——因此,下一次会议是在2018年9月。会议还号召成立一个机构间协调小组,在两年的时间里指导遏制AMR的工作。小组由我负责召集,由非常有责任心的人士领导。在更广的范围上,国家和国际层面的决策者也开始将更多注意力集中在AMR的威胁上。
事实上,联合国高级别会议举行后,G20也做出了崇高的遏制AMR 承诺。在7月的G20德国汉堡峰会上,各国政府同意成立“研发合作中心”,着手逐步停止将抗生素应用于农业。农业生产上使用抗生素促进牲畜生长。
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