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The Limits to US-China Climate Cooperation

“The world desperately needs the United States and China to collaborate in addressing climate change, but no one should harbor any illusions. The best to be hoped for is that the two superpowers are disciplined enough to avoid endangering humanity’s survival as they jostle for geopolitical advantage” (Minxin Pei, 2021).

5 May 2021
Minxin Pei
Project Syndicate

How to spot the difference between a real climate policy and greenwashing guff

“Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions in the here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order” (Damian Carrington, 2021).

5 May 2021
Damian Carrington
The Guardian

The Green Art of the Possible

“Europe’s experience suggests that decarbonizing the power sector first, while sheltering industry from higher costs, can generate some modest progress in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. But achieving the more ambitious targets ahead will require tougher choices” (Daniel Gros, 2021).

4 May 2021
Daniel Gros
Project Syndicate

Europe Needs a New Fiscal Framework

"Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union's fiscal rules were excessive and increasingly unworkable, reflecting the motives of distrustful member states more than economic common sense. If there is a silver lining to this crisis, it lies in the opportunity to debate and develop a new blueprint." (Pisani-Ferry, 2021)

29 April 2021
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Project Syndicate

Share the Intellectual Property on COVID-19

"Intellectual Property must serve the global good, rather than humanity serving the interests of a few private companies. And in the case of COVID-19, the global good is not in doubt: rapid worldwide immunization, in order to save lives, prevent the emergence of new variants, and end the pandemic." (Sachs, 2021)

29 April 2021
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Project Syndicate

I Run the W.H.O., and I Know That Rich Countries Must Make a Choice

“Almost one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered around the world, and yet the weekly number of cases hit a record high last week, and deaths are climbing, on pace to eclipse 2020’s grim tally. How can this be? Weren’t vaccines supposed to douse the flames of the pandemic?” (Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, 2021).

22 April 2021
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
The New York Times

How 1.5 Degrees Became the Key to Climate Progress

“In the years since” the establishment of the 1.5 degree target, “the number has dramatically reorganized global thinking around the climate, setting up the possibility that we might improve on the Paris timetable” (Bill McKibben, 2021).

21 April 2021
Bill McKibben
The New York Times

Can Multilateral Cooperation Coexist with Great-Power Rivalry?

“Recent US initiatives concerning new IMF special drawing rights, corporate taxation, and climate change highlight America’s renewed support for global cooperation. The big question now is whether multilateralism can work – and how China will respond to these proposals, given rising bilateral tensions” (DERVIŞ and STRAUSS, 2021).

21 April 2021
Kemal Devis, Sebastian Strauss
Project Syndicate

The Climate-Education Crisis

“World leaders must acknowledge the deepening links between the climate crisis and education. Over the next 30 years, more than 140 million people are expected to be displaced by climate change across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America, at a cost of some $7.9 trillion” (Yasmine Sherif, 2021).

20 April 2021
Yashmine Sherif
Project Syndicate

The G7 Must Act to Vaccinate the World

“The world’s richest countries are failing to champion the global cooperation needed to defeat the pandemic. At June’s G7 summit in the United Kingdom, leaders must agree on a financial plan to underpin international collaboration on COVID-19, starting with equitable access to vaccines” (Brown et. al., 2021).

15 April 2021
Gordon Brown, Winnie Byanyima, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Graca Machel, Ken Ofori-Atta, Mary Robinson, Kevin Watkins
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