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Evolutionary game theory is useful to devise strategies for real-life situations such as international negotiations and ecological crises, where players are unequal, and choices are complex.
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.
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Manufacturing
Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?
COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now.
All #livelihoods Opinion
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Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
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Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
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Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
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The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
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Corporate Responsibility
The ESG jobs crunch is coming
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Food & Agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
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Policy & Finance
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