Opinion / #poverty
Carbon & Climate
Gender justice is climate justice
If global leaders are committed to a green transition that leaves no one behind, they must address the needs of vulnerable women and girls in developing countries, who bear the brunt of climate change at the upcoming COP28 summit.
Policy & Finance
Rosy unemployment rates mask a grim reality
Recovery is being led by high-income countries, with low-income countries lagging far behind, worsening the global employment divide.
Food & Agriculture
The hunger profiteers
It is hard to predict when exactly food prices will spike again, but there is little doubt that more shocks will come. The consequences are likely to be compounded if a few companies still hold inordinate power over the world’s food systems.
A new global platform harnessing AI and machine-learning could quickly identify renewables infrastructure projects worth US$2 trillion.
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24 June 2023
Food & Agriculture
A human rights approach to the global food crisis
10 May 2023
Policy & Finance
We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
13 April 2023
3 April 2023
Policy & Finance
Tax the rich to save the planet
23 March 2023
Policy & Finance
Who gets squeezed by austerity?
20 March 2023
1 March 2023
Policy & Finance
Digital payment systems could revolutionise health care
9 February 2023
Policy & Finance
A blueprint from India for women's economic empowerment
13 December 2022
Policy & Finance
Eco-economic development amid COP15
12 December 2022
Policy & Finance
The global climate-finance challenge
6 December 2022
22 November 2022
Food & Agriculture
Small-scale farmers feed the world, but we are at a breaking point
9 November 2022
Policy & Finance
There should be some tough talk on loss and damage at COP27
20 October 2022
Policy & Finance
Where did India’s millions of working women go?
12 July 2022
Policy & Finance
Aiding the digital revolution in global financial inclusion
3 May 2022
Policy & Finance
Climate leadership needs more women
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