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At COP28, Cities Will Show Us the Way

DUBAI, Dec 2 PS) : Nation-states, presidents, and prime ministers – those are the players who garner the biggest headlines and the most media attention at each year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference. Yet for the past decade, and with far less fanfare, cities, states, and regional governments (known as

COP28 Must Focus on the Climate-Fueled Health Crisis

Even with a global mean temperature increase of just under 2°C, annual heat-related deaths are projected to increase by 370%

Getting From Climate Pledges to Climate Action

The Paris climate agreement, concluded in 2015, has been instrumental in rallying countries around the world to commit to reducing

Is the Net-Zero Transition Endangering the Asian Century?

And at the end of April, more than 100 central bankers and regulators convened in Singapore to explore ways to

Can Democracy Survive the Polycrisis?

We are living in troubled times. Too much is happening too fast. People are confused. The Columbia University economic historian

How AI Can Even the Climate Playing Field

Worse, a global biodiversity crisis is upon us: ecosystems are being eroded to the point of collapse, and species extinctions

The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming

Last November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, concluded on a historic high note, with the

Deciphering the Latest IPCC Report

The good news is that, according to the IPCC, “feasible, effective, and low-cost options for mitigation and adaptation are already

Reforming the WTO for a greener future

Dealing with climate change is essential to achieving sustainable global development and poverty reduction, and international trade plays an important