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Finland’s prime minister on why innovation alone can’t tackle the climate crisis
Sanna Marin, World Economic Forum| Climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing challenges of our time, so all responsible...
Which country has made the biggest climate commitment?
Fiona Harvey , The Guardian| Some countries are working on this but other countries appear to be failing: the UK, for instance, has...
India’s Smart Vaccine Diplomacy
Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate| As countries scramble to secure supplies in the face of "vaccine race," India has enhanced its global...
Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Michael J. Green & Nicholas Szechenyi, Center for Strategic and International Studies| March 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the...
Lithuania’s Outreach to Taiwan Is Another Blow to China’s Europe Diplomacy
Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat | Lithuania plans to open a representative’s office in Taiwan, a government spokesperson told Reuters this...
Infographic | Climate and conflict
Matus Samel, The Economist | Climate change has resulted in slow-onset changes – notably gradual temperature increases, rising sea...
Insights on China’s 2021 White Paper on International Development Cooperation
Anthea Mulakala & Ji Hongbo, The Asia Foundation| On January 10, the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China...
The Biden Administration Should Prevent an ‘Atrocity Famine’ in Yemen
Jennie Sowers and Erika Weinthal, Foreign Policy | The UN has labeled Yemen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. After declaring an end...
Protecting Lower-Income Countries with COVID-19 Vaccines Requires Global Solidarity
Anuradha Gupta, Gavi | Vaccination is a crucial tool in halting the pandemic. With many wealthy countries already rolling out COVID-19...
Opinion: Global food systems can only be truly transformed with a people’s summit
Agnes Kalibata, Devex | Long before the emergence of COVID-19, it was well-accepted that the world was off-course to achieve most of the...
COVAX plans to distribute more than 330 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to developing nations
Nectar Gan, CNN | The COVAX initiative for equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines has announced its plan to distribute more than...
COVAX releases country-by-country vaccine distribution figures
Sara Jerving, Devex | Countries involved in the COVAX Facility, the global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines,...
Why it's time for international development to put people first
Wendy Kopp, World Economic Forum | It is high time for international development actors to shift their approach from defining problems...
Food Innovation Hubs Put Farmers at Head of the Table for Systems Change
Modern Diplomacy | To meet the SDG and change the way food is produced and consumed, the World Economic Forum, the Government of...
Opinion: Don’t go it alone — how Biden can engage development partnerships
Kristen Cordell, DEVEX | There is significant potential for strong bilateral partnerships to advance U.S. development objectives in areas...
Food Insecurity Crises at Home and Abroad: Why Biden Must Lead on Both
Caitlin Welsh, CSIS | The coronavirus pandemic will have caused the most severe global food security crisis in recent history. How the...
Poverty, Conflict and Political–Economic Crisis in a Fragile Iraq
Zeinab F. Shuker, EPC | Iraq’s economic outlook has rapidly deteriorated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many years,...
International Donors Are Complicit in Middle Eastern Elites’ Game
David Linfield, Carnegie | By pushing economic liberalization in the Middle East without requiring transparency and fighting corruption,...
Six humanitarian lessons from the COVID-19 crisis
United Nations / OCHA 2020 showed us the consequences of not cooperating, said participants of the UN humanitarian agency OCHA’s annual...
China, Japan, and Korea: “Cleaner” Than the Worst Coal Plants, but Nowhere Near “Clean” Energy
Cecilia Han Springer & Dinah Shi - Wilson Center The convergence of environmental pressures and economic recession due to the COVID-19...
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