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Corporate Responsibility
Don’t wait on a responsible AI policy. You already have one
Artificial Intelligence's environmental, workforce, consumer and governance risks already belong in existing risk and disclosure systems. Companies waiting on a Responsible AI policy are ignoring the obvious.
Policy & Finance
The AI revolution mirrors the green transition
The need for massive upfront investments and the likelihood of significant job displacement imply remarkable parallels between the AI buildout and the green transition. In both cases, the state has an important role to play in guiding market forces on behalf of the public good.
Vietnam’s stalled Chinese-backed solar factories underscore how Global South nations must demand technology transfer and value addition – not just capital inflows – from China’s expanding overseas clean-tech investments.
Policy & Finance
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources
As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds.
All #jobs Opinion
22 December 2025
Manufacturing
Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?
18 December 2025
Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
13 November 2025
Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
6 October 2025
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29 September 2025
Food & Agriculture
Reimagining agriculture for young people
18 September 2025
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25 July 2025
24 July 2025
Policy & Finance
Rethinking ocean finance
22 July 2025
Policy & Finance
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
17 June 2025
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Policy & Finance
The climate challenge as a development opportunity
6 May 2025
Policy & Finance
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
29 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Trump’s Ukraine deal exposes a dirty truth about minerals
27 March 2025
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