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The Ocean Imperative

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  1. christiansen1_Alexis RosenfeldGetty Images_dead coral Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

    Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation

    César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea life.
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    Charting a Course for Coastal Resilience

    Karen Sack urges policymakers and business leaders to take the climate and biodiversity crises littorally.
  3. endaradeheras1 LUIS ACOSTAAFP via Getty Images_juan diaz river LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images

    Reducing Plastic Pollution Requires Local Remedies

    Mirei Endara de Heras explains why on-the-ground initiatives to remove waste must complement top-down efforts to curb production.
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    Water and the High Price of Bad Economics

    Mariana Mazzucato, et al. explain why new thinking is needed to address a crisis closely linked to climate change and biodiversity loss.
  5. jmorris1_ Bruna PradoGetty Images_turtle seas Bruna Prado/Getty Images

    High Time for a High-Seas Treaty

    Jennifer Morris offers a checklist of objectives that a new comprehensive agreement on marine conservation must accomplish.
  6. rbleischwitz3_Alexis RosenfeldGetty Images_marine plastic pollution Alexis RosenfeldGetty Images

    Governing an Ocean of Plastics

    Raimund Bleischwitz explains why protecting marine ecosystems requires a new international treaty that addresses six issues.
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    Reeling in a Deal to Save the Ocean

    Helen Clark, et al. call on governments to end harmful fisheries subsidies at the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference.
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    Envisioning a Blue Recovery

    Erna Solberg & Tommy Remengesau Jr. argue that the ocean is central to rebuilding economic, health, and food systems that COVID-19 has ravaged.

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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.
  2. boehm1_Alona HorkovaGetty Images_moneytransfer Alona Horkova/Getty Images

    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.
  3. husain1_Asif HassanGettyImages_karachi_market Asif Hassan/Getty Images

    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.
  4. eijffinger21_Kent NishimuraGettyImages_jay_powell Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

    What If Trump Subdues the Fed?

    Sylvester Eijffinger & Edin Mujagic wonder how far the next president will go to control monetary policymaking.
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    When Russia Fights the Wrong Enemy

    S.C.M. Paine urges Vladimir Putin’s entourage to secure peace in Ukraine before they find themselves at China’s mercy.
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    We Need Energy for AI, and AI for Energy

    Eric Schmidt explains what the United States must do to secure the power the next technological revolution will require.
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    Will the Second Trump Boom Go Bust?

    Kenneth Rogoff warns that, regardless of domestic policies, powerful global headwinds could impede US economic growth.
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    Guernica Is Always with Us

    Annie Cohen-Solal

    The past year revealed a world in shambles, one with tragic echoes to Pablo Picasso's famous tableau of mass slaughter carried out with modern efficiency. Like Picasso's generation, we must not avert our eyes from the bleak and tragic global reality that is now being conjured before our eyes.

    laments the tragic developments of 2024, and wonders if humanity can come to its senses.
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    Will Stability Rise from the Middle East Rubble?

    Dennis Ross explains why the coming year could bring a more favorable alignment of regional forces.

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