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COP28: Tracking the Energy Outcomes

Posted Apr 30, 2024| by International Energy Agency

The latest International Energy Agency data, analysis and policy advice on global action to meet the energy goals set at COP28 – and keep the target of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C within reach. https://www.iea.org/topics/cop28-tracking-the-energy-outcomes... Read More

Paying Africa’s Climate Bill

Posted on May 03, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by International Monetary Fund

The current pattern of energy investment in Africa highlights both the opportunity to do better and the failure of a system without coordinated incentives The burning question is how governments and international institutions can nudge corporations to protect the global commons by investing in the... Read More

Much More than a Market – Speed, Security, Solidarity

Posted on May 03, 2024 | in category: Improving global governance | by Politico

The European Union's success rests upon the pillars of free trade and openness. Therefore, Enrico Letta emphasises in his article for Politico, the EU must address the complex international framework with the goal of preserving peace and upholding the rules-based international order, while guaranteeing the... Read More

How Framing Refugee Migration Impacts Attitudes and Political Support towards Refugees

Posted on May 03, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by UNU-MERIT

This publication by UNU-MERIT discusses on the impact of popular frames on humanitarian concerns, threat perceptions, and preferences for refugee policies of Germans, and on how these frames relate to the demographic characteristics of the migrants. Tobias Hillenbranda, Bruno Martoranoa et al have analyzed data... Read More

Great Power Competition Will Drive Irregular Conflicts

Posted on May 03, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by War on the Rocks

Some of the most strategically consequential Cold War failures for the United States and the Soviet Union came down, in large part, to bad handling of irregular warfare environments. Some important observations are emerging that can help U.S. decision-makers understand and prepare for conflicts on... Read More

Corporate Inequality: Role of Competition and Institutions

Posted on Apr 26, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Center for Global Development

In this working paper for the Center for Global Development, Meghana Ayyagari, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, and Vojislav Maksimovic analyze micro panel data from over 70 countries to explain the presence and behavior of star firms, defined as the top 10 percentile of firms in terms of... Read More

10-Point Plan for IMF and World Bank to End Africa’s Debt Crisis

Posted on May 03, 2024 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Earth4All

More than half the continent’s low-income countries are in debt distress or on the brink of it. Four African countries have already defaulted. Because of crippling interest rates and unfair borrowing terms to African governments, most people in Africa live in countries that spend more... Read More