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Bo Lidegaard is Co-Founder, Partner, and Head of Research at Kaya Advisory.

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  1. Europe’s Energy Choice
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    Europe’s Energy Choice

    Jul 26, 2022 Bo Lidegaard argues that the right response to the immediate crisis can and must advance longer-term climate goals.

  2. Sustainability in the Trump Era
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    Sustainability in the Trump Era

    Dec 21, 2016 Bo Lidegaard calls for global action to minimize the environmental risks posed by the incoming US administration.

  3. Climate Change in the Trumpocene Age
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    Climate Change in the Trumpocene Age

    Dec 2, 2016 Bo Lidegaard examines arguments by Jeffrey Sachs, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Joseph Stiglitz, and other Project Syndicate commentators and concludes that the US president-elect’s ability to derail global progress toward a green economy is more limited than many believe.

  4. Beyond the Paris Climate Agreement
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    Beyond the Paris Climate Agreement

    Oct 20, 2016 Bo Lidegaard doubts that emissions targets can be met without a fundamental shift in how business does business.

  5. Hillary Clinton and the Scandinavian-American Dream
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    Hillary Clinton and the Scandinavian-American Dream

    Jul 25, 2016 Bo Lidegaard thinks the US can emulate the Nordic countries' success in ensuring high employment at decent pay.

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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

     shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

     propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.

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