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Carbon & Climate
How to measure climate progress
Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.
Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts.
Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger.
Nepal’s Gen Z–led uprising, sparked by a social media ban and fuelled by anger over corruption, inequality and joblessness, toppled the government and opened an uncertain path toward political reform.
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Food & Agriculture
Why Donald Trump’s trade tariffs are a threat to global food security
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Policy & Finance
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
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Policy & Finance
Philanthropy in an era of declining development aid
8 April 2025
27 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Financial inclusion must reach the last billion
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