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The global climate-finance challenge
By Project Syndicate - Dec 11,2022
By Vera Songwe, Nicholas Stern, and Amar BhattacharyaLONDON  —  The dust has now settled after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, but there are still many unanswered questions about how to finance emissions reductions and adaptation.
The climate crisis is also a health crisis
By Project Syndicate - Dec 05,2022
By Seth Berkley and Werner HoyerGENEVA  —  The latest Lancet Countdown report, which monitors the health consequences of climate change, highlights the need to prepare for future calamities.
No easy exit from zero-COVID
By Project Syndicate - Nov 29,2022
By S. Alex Yang and Angela Huyue ZhangHONG KONG — Following a deadly fire in a residential building in China’s Xinjiang region, which many blame on COVID-19 lockdowns, Chinese protesters have taken to the streets to demand an end to stringent pandemic restrictions.
Reimagining our global connections
By Project Syndicate - Nov 27,2022
By Olivia White and Jonathan WoetzelSAN FRANCISCO  —  Europe is facing disruptions to its energy supplies. The Middle East and Africa are grappling with grain shortages. And virtually everyone has been struggling to get their hands on semiconductors.
Global health is the best investment we can make
By Project Syndicate - Nov 27,2022
By Werner Hoyer and Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusLUXEMBOURG  —  No one could have predicted the extent to which COVID-19 would erode decades of progress in global public health. And the world is still reeling from the shock.
Dread or hope at COP27?
By Project Syndicate - Nov 24,2022
By Andrew Steer and Kelly LevinWASHINGTON, DC — Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (COP27) to characterise their feelings about the future, and you may get quite different answers.
It is the energy system, stupid
By Project Syndicate - Nov 24,2022
By Vanessa Nakate and Rachel KyteSHARM EL-SHEIKH – Ordinary people around the world are suffering from two massive, overlapping problems: Surging living costs and the fallout from a rapidly warming climate.
Green power is the first domino
By Project Syndicate - Nov 24,2022
By Damilola Ogunbiyi and Kate BrandtSHARM EL SHEIKH — As world leaders convene at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), it is obvious to all that bolder action is needed to avert disaster.
Unlocking the potential of African carbon markets
By Project Syndicate - Nov 21,2022
ABUJA — One of Africa’s key challenges in confronting climate change is figuring out how to finance the necessary transformation of the continent’s economies.
Making the most of the summit of the future
By Project Syndicate - Nov 09,2022
By Lolwah Al Khater and Brian FinlayDOHA  —  Since early 2020, the number of people affected by hunger has risen by 150 million, a trend that has been exacerbated by the three Cs: conflict, climate change, and COVID-19.

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