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Economy and ecology

The conceptual roots of the Global South’s debt crisis

The widening debt crisis largely stems from a flawed multilateral system. But it also reflects the limitations of mainstream economic thinking

By Ndongo Samba Sylla

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Economy and ecology

The AI revolution in climate science

AI may be crucial for understanding the consequences of our changing environment — as long as policymakers can guarantee that it provides public goods

By Giulio Boccaletti

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Economy and ecology

The dumb man of Europe

The German economy has been chronically weak since 2022, and its recently announced austerity package is counterproductive in every respect

By Peter Bofinger

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Shared resources, shared responsibilities?

Deforestation and forest degradation are global problems. Solutions for them must be globally relevant, and that is achieved through cooperation

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An oily aftertaste

At COP28, countries reached an agreement on moving away from fossil fuels. Whether this will be enough remains to be seen

By Olha Boiko

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Economy and ecology

Hard truths about green industrial policy

Governments are adopting industrial policies to speed up the green transition. But their underlying win-win narrative obscures the associated risks

By Ilias Alami, Jack Copley, Alexis Moraitis

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Gaza: A litmus test for COP28

As seen with the Ukraine war, conflicts often shift priorities away from climate. Instability could see climate efforts shelved in favour of security

By Karim Elgendy

Reuters

Economy and ecology

A healthier China-EU relationship

The EU is probing China’s E-car subsidies, underscoring the need to grasp current policy debates around de-risking and explore alternative approaches

By Maximilian Mayer, Ping Su

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Economy and ecology

What steel decarbonisation needs

Steel could become the poster child of the circular economy, but only if governments introduce proper policies targeting each step in the supply chain

By Chris Bataille, Gernot Wagner

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Belarus’ potash industry is going through the mill

Belarus produces 20 per cent of the world’s potash fertiliser. The declining export was said to threaten global food security. But did it?

By Lev Lvovskiy