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The Carbon-Offset Market’s Broken Promises

BOGOTÁ – The recent Climate Week NYC, which convened corporate leaders, policymakers, scientists, and others to discuss climate solutions and drive progress toward decarbonization, underscored how forests have become big business. The fast-growing voluntary carbon market, where companies purchase nature-based offsets to compensate for their emissions, was worth $2 billion in 2021 and could reach $10-40

What Explains China’s Fertility Drought?

China benefits from its extraordinary powers to achieve policy goals. If Chinese policymakers take additional steps with more gender perspectives,

Gaza’s Never-Ending Catastrophe

JERUSALEM – Israel’s military response to the brutality of the Hamas attack on October 7, which has claimed the lives

The Global North Must Follow the Global South’s Lead

EDINBURGH – With her ambitious Bridgetown Agenda to reform the international financial architecture, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has become a powerful advocate

US shouldn’t create hurdles on the spirit of multilateralism

Today’s hugely connected and interdependent world demands the implementation of the true spirit of multilateralism. Unilateralism, hegemony or zero-sum game

Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

VIENNA/WARSAW – Pro-Russian populist Robert Fico’s strong showing in Slovakia’s election could lead to another fracture in the Western-led coalition

Belt and Road Initiative
Belt and Road has emerged hope for economic prosperity

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has had several positive impacts on the developing world, fostering economic development, connectivity, and

Eight years since new constitution, now is time to monitor…

Eight years have passed since the promulgation and enforcement of the present constitution in Nepal. As the time is nearing

Eighth Constitution Day: Challenges in implementation of Constitution

Kathmandu, Sept 20: As the nation celebrates the Eighth Constitution Day today, it is time to sincerely reflect on its

India’s Quiet Rise

NEW DELHI – China’s sharp economic slowdown has raised alarm bells around the world. But it has also thrown into