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Floating solar panels on Srinakarin lake, Thailand.

Clean energy alternatives are a crucial hedge against future disruptions in global commodity markets.

4 Mar 2022

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Global efforts involving awareness-raising, nudging, and shaming are necessary but not sufficient to prevent a climate crisis. Addressing the problem more effectively requires international governance arrangements that amount to a new social contract on global public goods.

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There is only so much carbon dioxide that can be removed from the atmosphere sustainably. For companies making bold climate pledges, prevention is better than cure.

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Collective action against sexual harassment did not emerge with the #MeToo campaign. In several countries, particularly in the Global South, that campaign has overshadowed existing movements and impeded ongoing struggles for women’s rights.

6 November 2020

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15 July 2020

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17 June 2020

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5 May 2020

Policy & Finance

Cheap oil is a trap

27 April 2020

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24 March 2020

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22 July 2019

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8 January 2019

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13 December 2017

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4 September 2017

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13 June 2017

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5 June 2017

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