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We can’t wait to act on emissions. Here’s how to get to net zero
Anthony Robert Hobley, World Economic Forum | The Mission Possible Platform, a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and the...


Climate Change Performance Index: How far have we come?
Gero Rueter, DW | No country has yet achieved the goals of the Paris Agreement, according to the Climate Change Performance Index from...


Mumbai becomes member of C40 cities climate change group
Sanjay Jog, The Free Press Journal | Mumbai has become a member city of C40 cities climate change group. C40 is a network of the world’s...


Climate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority
Mayesha Alam, Just Security | Biden has pledged to rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement. Doing so will be an important first step toward...


Major Companies Call on Biden to Act on Climate Change
Nick Sobczyk, Scientific American | Utilities, banks and car makers signed a statement urging the President-elect and Congress to enact...


New EU/CARIFORUM project will tackle climate change and its health impacts in the Caribbean
PAHO | International, regional, and government leaders announced the launch of a broad-based project to support actions to mitigate...


Promoting European strategic sovereignty in Asia
Janka Oertel & Andrew Small, ECFR | Europe is debating about further diversifying its economic relationships beyond China as a result of...


Why German industry is looking past China to the rest of Asia
Frederick Kliem, Nikkei Asia | Germany has been heavily invested in China, not just in terms of capital but in an unsuccessful gamble on...


Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades
Natan Sachs & Kevin Huggard / Brookings Israel enters the 2020s looking toward its region from a position of confidence. Israel recently...


Jeff Bezos Earth Fund gives $12 million to NDN Collective for climate change initiatives
Journal staff, Rapid City Journal | Jeff Bezos, billionaire Amazon CEO, gave $12 million from his Bezos Earth Fund to Rapid City-based...


Climate cooperation could signify return to China-U.S. diplomacy
Wang Xiaonan, CGTN | The policies of aborting or loosening around 100 environmental regulations of the U.S., the world's second largest...


China, Japan & South Korea can make their carbon neutral goals a reality and drive change worldwide
Alistair Ritchie and Jackson Ewing, SCMP | The East Asian powers are moving on climate change. With Japan, China, and South Korea...


Cambodia’s aim in trade deals: keep the US and Japan close, but China closer
Maria Siow, SCMP | Phnom Penh is negotiating a raft of free-trade agreements, but the pacts are not expected to lessen its reliance on...


Biden, Grand Strategy & Infrastructure - Global Leadership And A $2.7 Trillion Market
Norman Anderson, Forbes | The absence of infrastructure from the U.S. grand strategy is a fatal flaw. Without a strong foundation at...


U.S., Taiwan to Push an Alternative to China’s Belt and Road
Miaojung Lin & Chris Horton, Bloomberg | An informal U.S.-led alliance to provide an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative will...


How the West should deal with Russia
Alexander Vershbow and Daniel Fried - Atlantic Council Getting along with Russia, as then-candidate Donald J. Trump suggested, would...


Who gains from RCEP, Asia’s new trade pact?
The Economist | The world’s newest and biggest regional trade deal is not the deepest. It eliminates fewer tariffs than normal, and some...


China may join trade pact that replaced Trans-Pacific Partnership, Xi Jinping tells APEC
Amanda Lee, SCMP | China will actively consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP),...


Backed by space technology, Asia-Pacific countries power sustainable development
Newsroom, Modern Diplomacy | Asian and Pacific nations are increasingly leveraging space technology and geospatial information to respond...


Estonian ambassador talks applying international law to cyberspace at PWH event
Zen Suzuki, The Daily Pennsylvanian | Perry World House hosted a panel to discuss how international law can be applied to cyberspace to...
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