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Sharp opinion and analysis on issues that are critical to sustainable development.
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November 13
Modernizing the Energy Charter Treaty: A make-or-break moment for sustainable, climate-friendly energy policy
The stated goal of the Energy Charter Treaty is to foster cooperation in the energy sector, but it's creating more problems than it's solving.
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November 5
This is how climate science went mainstream
Climate science has become mainstream... but it wasn't always this way. In the 1960s, worrying about our impact on the Earth was perceived as a niche pursuit. So how did we get to where we are today?
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October 24
How Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Go Wrong: A lesson from Ecuador
There must be a foundation of trust, along with a clear plan to protect vulnerable segments of the population and, ideally, to phase in the reforms gradually.
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October 17
Indonesians Are Demanding Climate Action — How can the government answer their calls?
Thousands of people, youth especially, are calling for Indonesia and countries around the world to live up to their commitments on climate change.
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September 26
Climate Change Hits Vulnerable Communities First and Hardest
Will the 193 United Nations member states who pledged to “leave no one behind” live up to their promise?
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September 25
Time to ACCTS? Five countries announce new initiative on trade and climate change
Costa Rica, Fiji, Iceland, New Zealand and Norway launched an initiative that firmly melds trade and climate change together.
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September 20
Time to Trade Collective Inertia for Collective Action
To get where we need to on climate action, we need to do a lot of things. Here’s what we don’t need to do.
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August 27
Adaptation to Climate Change: Putting people first
When we talk about solving the climate crisis, we should have more than just a technical lens; we should also be talking about compassion, grief, fear and hope.
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July 25
What's Next for the ECOWAS Gender Network: From dialogue to action
After a week full of dialogue and knowledge exchange, parliamentarians who are part of a new network on gender equality and agriculture now face the important task of turning lessons into long-term engagement.
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July 18
Learning from Experience: How an African parliamentarians' network is looking to mainstream gender considerations into agriculture
The challenges to women’s participation in agricultural production and economic opportunities are often deeply nuanced and specific to their regional, national and local contexts. This is the first part of a series covering ECOWAS network meetings on gender considerations in agriculture.
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