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  1. nixonsaintil2_shark_749Getty Images_AIdataclimatecity shark_749/Getty Images

    AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities

    Justina Nixon-Saintil surveys the technology's foreseeable applications in promoting urban sustainable development.
  2. duquemarquez2_ArterraMarica van der MeerUniversal Images Group via Getty Images_guyana Arterra/Marica van der Meer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

    How Guyana Became Latin America’s Leading Development Lab

    Iván Duque Márquez highlights the current government’s unique approach to managing its renewable and non-renewable resources.
  3. tubiana17_Ashley CooperConstruction PhotographyAvalonGetty Images_emissions Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

    Taxing Polluters Is the Key to Climate Justice

    Laurence Tubiana makes the case for new levies to finance green investments in developing countries.
  4. stiglitz330_Brianna SoukupPortland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images_julianaclimate Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

    The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth

    Joseph E. Stiglitz decries US efforts to block a lawsuit demanding that policymakers consider emissions in their decisions.
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    The Case for Mission-Driven Climate Finance

    Bogolo Kenewendo argues that Africa has the ideas, ambition, and capacity to implement green solutions – just not the funding.
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    Official Development Assistance Must Recognize Countries’ Vulnerabilities

    Patrick Guillaumont, et al. urge multilateral lenders to consider countries’ structural vulnerabilities when allocating funds.
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    Realizing the Potential of the Climate Loss and Damage Fund

    Monique Barbut & Robert R. Filipp argue that embracing major policy innovations would be more effective than adopting a project-based model.
  8. mazzucato61_ Leon NealGetty Images_UKlabourgreen Leon Neal/Getty Images

    A Progressive Green Growth Narrative

    Mariana Mazzucato offers a multi-pronged argument to counter the claim that fighting climate change is economically burdensome.
  9. pickles1_Oliver Llaneza HesseConstruction PhotographyAvalonGetty Images_chilelithium Oliver Llaneza Hesse/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images
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    Europe’s Flawed Approach to Critical Minerals

    Sophia Pickles explains why the European Union's claims that its strategy will “add value” for local communities mean little.

The participation of developing-country media and commentators in this initiative is supported in part by The Open Society Foundations.

  1. vaheesan2_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_gigworkersprotest Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
  2. sherwin13_CURTIS MEANSPOOLAFP via Getty Images_repubicans trump trial CURTIS MEANS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

    explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
  3. spence173_ Joe RaedleGetty Images_power Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
  4. op_janeway16_SAUL LOEBAFP via Getty Images_bidenchips Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway

    A growing body of literature focusing on the domain between the microeconomic and the macroeconomic has become increasingly relevant in a world beset by supply shocks. Armed with such insights, those designing industrial policies will have a better chance of achieving their overlapping economic- and national-security goals.

    details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
  5. strain27_Philipp von Ditfurthpicture alliance via Getty Images_AIeducation Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images

    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
  6. ito37_Spencer PlattGetty Images_columbiaprotests Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.
  7. lacamera1_Wang DongzhenXinhua via Getty Images_COP28 Wang Dongzhen/Xinhua via Getty Images

    Only Public-Private Cooperation Can Accelerate Decarbonization

    Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas explain how to translate political commitments into actual wind turbines and solar panels.
  8. haass167_ANATOLII STEPANOVAFP via Getty Images_ukrainesoldiers Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images

    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
  9. aslund75_Pierre CromGetty Images_ukraineconflict Pierre Crom/Getty Images

    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.

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