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Filippo Grandi is United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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  1. The Moral Imperative of Refugee Education
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    The Moral Imperative of Refugee Education

    Feb 14, 2023 Filippo Grandi emphasizes the need and cost-effectiveness of providing displaced young people with the tools to thrive.

  2. Solidarity with Refugees Has a New Blueprint
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    Solidarity with Refugees Has a New Blueprint

    Dec 17, 2019 Filippo Grandi touts the Global Compact on Refugees as a guide to mounting an effective response to today's migration crises.

  3. Closing the Refugee Education Gap
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    Closing the Refugee Education Gap

    Aug 30, 2019 Filippo Grandi argues that low secondary-school enrollment for displaced children amounts to a massive lost opportunity.

  4. The Missing Link of Refugee Response
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    The Missing Link of Refugee Response

    Sep 4, 2018 Filippo Grandi shows why effective policies for displaced people must include educational opportunities.

  5. The Urgency of Refugee Education
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    The Urgency of Refugee Education

    Sep 14, 2017 Filippo Grandi says time is running out to ensure that displaced young people do not lose out on a future.

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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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