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  1. Christiana Figueres
    Christiana Figueres

    Writing for PS since 2015
    13 commentaries

    Christiana Figueres is a former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, where she oversaw the landmark Paris agreement on climate change.

  2. One Earth, One Ocean

    One Earth, One Ocean

    Jun 8, 2015 Christiana Figueres & José María Figueres highlight the important linkages between containing climate change and protecting marine life.

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  4. Fast-Tracking Climate Action

    Fast-Tracking Climate Action

    Mar 24, 2016 Achim Steiner & Christiana Figueres call for urgent action to cut short-lived climate pollutants like black carbon and methane.

  5. Educating for Sustainable Development

    Educating for Sustainable Development

    May 18, 2015 Irina Bokova & Christiana Figueres believe that schools can transform how people act toward one another and the planet.

  6. Europe Must Answer the Climate Call

    Europe Must Answer the Climate Call

    Jun 18, 2019 Christiana Figueres urges the European Council to agree to more ambitious emission-reduction targets this year.

  7. The Dawn of Climate-Friendly Air Travel

    The Dawn of Climate-Friendly Air Travel

    Oct 7, 2016 Christiana Figueres & Laurence Tubiana applaud a new UN framework to cap aviation-related carbon emissions at 2020 levels.

  8. The Masses Are Mobilizing for Climate Leadership

    The Masses Are Mobilizing for Climate Leadership

    Sep 10, 2018 Christiana Figueres & May Boeve argue that a year of “natural” disasters highlights the urgency of public demands for clean energy.

  9. Norway's Sovereign Duty

    Norway's Sovereign Duty

    Sep 17, 2021 Christiana Figueres , et al. explain how the country's massive wealth fund can be used as a powerful tool to combat climate change.

  10. Rays of Hope in the Climate Struggle

    Rays of Hope in the Climate Struggle

    Aug 29, 2022 Christiana Figueres & May Boeve think that the new US Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate international efforts to tackle global warming.

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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.
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    How World Order Changes

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    World order is a matter of degree: it varies over time, depending on technological, political, social, and ideological factors that can affect the global distribution of power and influence norms. It can be radically altered both by broader historical trends and by a single major power's blunders.

    examines the role of evolving power dynamics and norms in bringing about stable arrangements among states.
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    Israel’s Blind Spot

    Ian Buruma explains the lack of sympathy, even among the country’s many anti-war protesters, for Palestinian suffering.
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    Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

    Shamika Sirimanne & Xiaolan Fu call for multilateral action and grassroots pressure to ensure that the technology serves all countries.
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    Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption

    Jessica Dickinson Goodman & Ezequiel Passeron Kitroser urge citizens and lawmakers to fight for the privacy that previous generations took for granted.
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    Philanthropy in an Era of Declining Development Aid

    William Moore urges practitioners and policymakers to focus on already proven, scalable solutions.
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    South Africa’s Wrestling Match With Trump

    Adekeye Adebajo considers whether the current G20 president can still advance its agenda in the face of US obstruction.
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    How Aristotle Can Save Us

    Antara Haldar touts a conception of society in which politics and education cultivate the virtue of its members.
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    Trump vs. Europe

    Zaki Laïdi

    Donald Trump has left no doubt that he wants to build an authoritarian, illiberal world order based on traditional spheres of influence and agreements with other illiberal leaders. The only role that the European Union plays in his script is an obstacle that must be pushed aside.

    warns that the European Union has no place in Donald Trump’s illiberal worldview.

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