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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

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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

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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

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Economy and ecology

Global tax evasion: the good and the bad news

Targeting tax fraud has improved, but the urgency to prevent the rich from benefiting disproportionately from the system remains

By Jayati Ghosh

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Saving Earth requires greater cooperation

Eight years on, and the praised Paris Agreement has failed to reach its targets. A globally pervasive geopolitical mood of disunity is to blame

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How to address global hunger

Policymakers need to do more than regulate financial activity in global commodities markets to tackle the root causes of hunger

By Jayati Ghosh

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Economy and ecology

Germany’s true economic disease

In order to heal the country’s chronically sick economy, Germany must reconsider its unconditional faith in market forces

By Peter Bofinger

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Economy and ecology

Stronger together

Relations between Algeria and Morocco have been marred by several crises in recent decades. But common environmental challenges require joint efforts

By Intissar Fakir