To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.
explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
Whatever stories Americans are told about the strength of the economy under President Joe Biden, they are not going to be persuaded to look past the issue of their own living standards. For most Americans, these have declined somewhat as price increases have outpaced wage growth.
thinks the failure of wages to keep up with inflation explains much of the public’s dour mood.
马德里—国际政坛充斥着悬而未决的领土纠纷,如中日的东海钓鱼岛之争、亚美尼亚和阿塞拜疆的纳卡地区(Nagorno-Karabakh)的长期纠纷等。但西撒哈拉纠纷常常为人所忽视,尽管我们有很大的可能解决它。
西撒哈拉是一片266,000平方公里的土地,人口600,000,在1975年前一直是西班牙殖民地,现在是联合国所列举的17个为取得最终政治地位的非自治领地中最大的一块。在过去四十年里,该领地一直飘摇不定,摩洛哥和支持独立的波利萨里奥阵线(Polisario Front)都主张对这篇领地的主权。摩洛哥控制了其中的80%左右,波利萨里奥阵线控制了其余20%与阿尔及利亚接壤的地区。
上个月,我访问了摩控西撒哈拉首都拉尤恩(Laayoune)。这是一个充满生机的闪亮城市,脱胎自一个破败的西班牙殖民地前哨站。我来这里是考察OCP集团项目的可持续性。OCP集团是全球领先的磷酸盐生产商,开采着全球大约70%的磷酸盐储备,我是其国际顾问委员会成员。它在西撒哈拉通过其子公司Phosboucraa开展业务。Phosboucraa贡献了OCP大约6%的营业收入和大约1.6%的磷酸盐储备。
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