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  1. barral1_CARL DE SOUZAAFP via Getty Images_brazilsolarpower Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images

    What Climate Justice Means for Latin America and the Caribbean

    Thiago Barral & Woochong Um urge policymakers to work with key stakeholders to accelerate the uptake of renewables.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.
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    The Climate Crisis Is Also an Inflation Crisis

    Mónica Araya & Saliem Fakir highlight the need for integrated, equitable policies that address both global warming and rising prices.
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    The False Promise of “Responsible Mining”

    Chelsea Hodgkins lambasts a corporate-led voluntary global standard that would harm communities and pose risks for automakers.
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    A New Deal for Developing Countries

    William Ruto explains what climate-vulnerable Africa will need to strengthen their resilience and sustain economic growth.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    Digital Financial Inclusion Strengthens Climate Resilience

    Ellen Jackowski calls for reducing the number of unbanked people and building digital infrastructure in vulnerable communities.
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    How the EU Can Scale Up Carbon Removal

    Ludovic Chatoux & Sophia Escheu urge European policymakers to use regulation to increase investment in this crucial green technology.

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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio

    A volatile geopolitical environment, the loss of the US as a reliable partner, democratic backsliding in some member states, and declining economic competitiveness are just some of the challenges the EU will have to confront in 2025. How it addresses them will determine its future as a global actor.

    considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.
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    Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned

    Lilian Coral & Prem Trivedi urge the US Supreme Court to protect internet users from legislation posing new privacy and security risks.
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    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.
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    Putin’s War Is Fueling Russian Stagflation

    Anders Åslund thinks a weakening economy will soon become a serious constraint on Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
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    What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

    Philippe Aghion, et al. think the technology has great potential to boost productivity without harming employment.
  6. elerian176_Dan KitwoodGetty Images_bankofengland Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

    Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    No country wants external developments to drive up its borrowing costs and weaken its currency, which is what the UK is facing today, together with serious cyclical and structural challenges. But if the British government responds appropriately, recent market volatility might turn out to have a silver lining.

    urges the government to communicate better what it is doing to boost resilient growth – and to do more.
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    As Trump Returns, Sino-Indian Relations Are Changing

    Debasish Roy Chowdhury explains why one of America’s key allies is hedging its bets amid escalating global tensions.
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    Ricardo Hausmann on immigration, climate finance, economic complexity, and more

    Ricardo Hausmann urges the US to issue more H1-B visas, argues that Europe must become a military superpower in its own right, applies the “growth diagnostics” framework to Venezuela, and more.
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    Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?

    Brahma Chellaney urges the incoming US administration to tighten rules governing risky “gain-of-function” research.

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