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Carbon & Climate
Why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war
As global temperatures breach 1.5°C – and conflicts persist in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan – the climate crisis is reshaping how wars are fought, understood and responded to.
Policy & Finance
Climate resilience is a strategic investment
Current macroeconomic frameworks rightly treat climate shocks as threats to fiscal stability, but do not recognise the economic benefits of investing in measures that mitigate their effects.
Policy & Finance
What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world
While the CDC is a key institution overseeing and funding public health in the US, it’s also instrumental in global health. Turmoil at the CDC could have an impact not just in the US, but around the world.
Policy & Finance
Asian universities rise in global sustainability leadership rankings
Amid global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) funding gaps, Asian universities are stepping up as leaders in sustainable finance, driving research and innovation to shape a more sustainable future.
All #aid Opinion
1 July 2025
Policy & Finance
How far has the dial really moved in climate finance since COP29?
17 June 2025
Policy & Finance
Political changes don’t weaken the case for green business
9 May 2025
Policy & Finance
How to defuse the climate-debt time bomb for small island states
16 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Philanthropy in an era of declining development aid
29 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Trump’s Ukraine deal exposes a dirty truth about minerals
26 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid
24 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Aid cuts could erase women from public life
14 February 2025
Policy & Finance
Getting green investment where it’s needed most
10 February 2025
Policy & Finance
Trump’s withdrawal from WHO will not make America great again
27 January 2025
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia's frustration with the state of climate finance
19 April 2024
Policy & Finance
Overcoming the development-project implementation gap
29 January 2024
Policy & Finance
Developing countries need debt relief to act on climate change
26 October 2023
30 August 2023
16 May 2023
Carbon & Climate
We can stop disaster risk spiralling out of control
10 May 2023
Policy & Finance
We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
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