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Ilona Szabó, Co-Founder and President of the Igarapé Institute, is a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.

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  1. Earth Needs an Amazon Bioeconomy
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    Earth Needs an Amazon Bioeconomy

    Nov 14, 2023 Robert Muggah, et al. tout the benefits for the planet of a harmonized nature-based development strategy in the region.

  2. A Pact for People and Planet
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    A Pact for People and Planet

    Sep 12, 2023 Anne-Marie Slaughter, et al. propose an agreement that aligns existing climate commitments and accelerates progress toward a net-zero future.

  3. Our Climate Future Hinges on Forest Preservation
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    Our Climate Future Hinges on Forest Preservation

    Apr 17, 2023 Tasso Azevedo & Ilona Szabó propose a direct compensation scheme to incentivize the safeguarding of an invaluable carbon sink.

  4. What Lula Must Do
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    What Lula Must Do

    Nov 15, 2022 Ilona Szabó sees four overarching priorities that Brazil's president-elect should put at the heart of his agenda.

  5. Where Humanity’s Future Will Be Decided
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    Where Humanity’s Future Will Be Decided

    Jul 8, 2021 Ilona Szabó explains why the rapid destruction of the Amazon is everyone's problem.

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    A Weak French Government’s Fiscal Reckoning

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    Moody’s recent decision to downgrade France’s credit outlook underscores the urgent need to pass a budget that tackles the ballooning deficit. But without a parliamentary majority, Prime Minister Michel Barnier will have to overcome resistance from the left, the right, and within his own centrist coalition.

     warns that the absence of a parliamentary majority is likely to impede efforts to restore sustainable growth.
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    The Chip War Turns Two

    Keun Lee assesses US efforts to achieve microchip self-sufficiency and impede China’s effort to do the same.
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    Political Protest and the University

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. thinks the 1960s have a lot to teach university leaders about today’s campus protests.
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    How Antitrust Can Advance Kamala Harris’s Small-Business Agenda

    Sandeep Vaheesan defends collective bargaining by independent firms seeking leverage over powerful corporations.
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    Why Is the US Presidential Race Even Close?

    John Mark Hansen shows that the election is historically typical, except in one fundamental respect.
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    The Spirit of Brexit Has Infected the EU

    Yanis Varoufakis asks why European leaders today sound like the British leaders they wanted to punish just a few years ago.
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    The End of Georgia’s European Dream?

    Salome Samadashvili urges Western leaders to take steps to halt the country’s slide into authoritarianism.
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    Belarus in the Dock

    Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė & Aarif Abraham explain why Lithuania is requesting an International Criminal Court investigation into its neighbor.
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    Where Financial Innovation Meets Sustainable Development

    Jordan Schwartz explains why new instruments must be standardized and integrated into developing countries’ economic policies.

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