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Planning for a future beyond 1.5°C
By Simon Zadek - Nov 21,2023
GENEVA – The negotiators and activists preparing to attend the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai are grimly aware that there is no realistic chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
The geopolitics of nature
By Simon Zadek - Jun 12,2023
GENEVA — From Russia’s war against Ukraine to America’s rivalry with China, tectonic geopolitical shifts have shaken multilateralism in recent years.
A silent revolution in sovereign finance
By Simon Zadek - May 09,2023
GENEVA — In a world beset by crises, one is not getting nearly enough attention: the sovereign-debt emergency faced by half of the world’s emerging and developing economies.
Who should be bailed out next?
By Simon Zadek - Apr 02,2023
GENEVA — The shotgun wedding of UBS and Credit Suisse was hastily arranged in the spirit of ensuring our collective safety.
Trouble with carbon markets
By Simon Zadek - Mar 02,2023
 GENEVA — In January, it was revealed that as much as 90 per cent of the carbon credits approved by one of the world’s largest certifiers may be phantom, thus not representing actual reductions of carbon in the atmosphere.
Legitimate investors are financing environmental crime
By Simon Zadek - Aug 17,2022
AMSTERDAM  —  One of the most profitable global criminal enterprises is one you might not expect. It is crimes like illegal fishing and logging, waste trafficking, and trade in wildlife.
Legitimate investors are financing environmental crime
By Simon Zadek - Feb 05,2022
AMSTERDAM — One of the most profitable global criminal enterprises is one you might not expect. It is crimes like illegal fishing and logging, waste trafficking  and trade in wildlife.
Financing a sustainable global food system
By Simon Zadek - Sep 18,2021
BEIJING — The global food system is unsustainable. While it is worth approximately $8 trillion annually, its negative impact is valued at roughly $12 trillion. And this is not the system’s only contradiction.
Greening sovereign-debt restructuring
By Simon Zadek - Aug 15,2020
BEIJING — Many developing countries have so far avoided the high COVID-19 infection and mortality rates that are being experienced elsewhere.
Greening digital finance
By Simon Zadek - Mar 15,2017
Digital finance has turned out to be an unexpected revolutionary, simply by enabling low-cost financial inclusion.Thanks to new financial technologies (fintech), consumers can shop seamlessly, migrants can send hard-earned money to their families cheaply, small businesses can acc

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