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Giulio Boccaletti

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Giulio Boccaletti, Scientific Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, is the author of Water: A Biography (Pantheon Books, 2021) and Siccità (Mondadori, 2023).

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  1. The AI Revolution in Climate Science
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    The AI Revolution in Climate Science

    Jan 8, 2024 Giulio Boccaletti shows how neural networks and new data sources are fundamentally changing the way we understand our planet.

  2. Chasing Water Security
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    Chasing Water Security

    Sep 11, 2023 Giulio Boccaletti argues that providing this critical public good requires rediscovering the development lessons of the past.

  3. In Defense of Nature-Based Carbon Markets
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    In Defense of Nature-Based Carbon Markets

    Apr 6, 2023 Giulio Boccaletti warns against allowing the perfect to become the enemy of the good in efforts to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide.

  4. The New European Frontier
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    The New European Frontier

    Jan 27, 2023 Giulio Boccaletti thinks a changing climate will force the European Union finally to embrace its political nature.

  5. Climate Science Meets Geopolitics
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    Climate Science Meets Geopolitics

    Jun 10, 2022 Giulio Boccaletti explains how new global rivalries will elevate and alter the uses of earth-science systems and programs.

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    The Way Forward in Syria

    Carl Bildt

    Governing Syria has never been a simple affair, given the country’s complex cultural, ethnic, and religious composition. The best chance the country has following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad is to follow the roadmap that the United Nations adopted in 2015.

     urges all parties involved to support the political roadmap that the United Nations adopted in 2015.
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    Crime Is Punishing Latin America’s Economies

    Nathalie Alvarado & Ana María Ibáñez explain how the problem acts as a tax on development – one that the region can no longer afford to pay.
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    China’s New Social Contract

    Ana Palacio highlights a fundamental shift in priorities brought about by slowing growth and changing public expectations.
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    The Energy Transition That Couldn’t

    Richard Haass & Carolyn Kissane

    Dominant intellectual frameworks persist until their limitations in describing reality become undeniable, paving the way for a new paradigm. The idea that the world can and will replace fossil fuels with renewables has reached that point.

     argue that replacing fossil fuels with renewables is an idea that has exhausted its utility.
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    Can Trump’s Tariff Threats Save Dollar Hegemony?

    Jeffrey Frankel warns that the US president-elect’s reckless rhetoric could undermine his stated objectives.
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    Can Industrial Policy Revive Manufacturing?

    Daniel Gros shows that Joe Biden’s subsidies failed to boost industrial production – and Donald Trump’s tariffs will, too.
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    Responsible Mining Can Advance Global Environmental Goals

    Mauricio Cabrera Leal urges global policymakers to establish mechanisms that promote ethical resource extraction.
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    The Missing Monetary-Policy Tool

    Johannes Boehm & Xavier Jaravel think that central banks should be prepared to carry out direct transfers to households as a last resort.
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    The Right Medicine for Pakistan’s Ailing Economy

    Aasim M. Husain thinks a reduced dose of austerity and more liquidity could help fix the country’s debt problem.

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