Balancing act: can the World Bank tackle the climate crisis and poverty reduction?
To achieve this delicate equilibrium, the bank should be implementing governance reforms, carefully managing the transition to cleaner energy sources, ...
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WMO forecasts ‘cascading impacts’ after hottest September increases chance of record year
This year is on track to be the warmest on record after the warmest September continued “an extended streak of ...
Climate Change. The Data Is Telling Us Something New.
Staggering. Unnerving. Mind-boggling. Absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. As global temperatures shattered records and reached dangerous new highs over and over the ...
As long as US stokes China’s Indo-Pacific fears, there will be no peace
The latest Indo-Pacific army chiefs’ meeting reflected growing US engagement and the region’s shared concerns about China’s military assertiveness But ...
Australia redeploys troops to north in bid to deter China
SYDNEY -- Australia will move hundreds of troops to the country's north and concentrate long-range strike capabilities in the south ...
How Financial Strength Weakened American Feminism
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, many Americans had already opened their wallets to protest. ...
Climate change over the last two decades is making the effects of El Niño more extreme
From drought to disease, the impacts are felt around the world Since 2000, there have been seven El Niño events. ...
Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With Attacks on Attorney General and Judge
Donald J. Trump appeared in court as lawyers for New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, painted him as a fraudster. ...
Turkey detains dozens after Ankara bomb attack
Thousands of police officers take part in operations in 21 Turkish provinces after blast in the capital, Ankara. Turkish police ...
Who Killed the Chinese Economy?
The Contested Causes of Stagnation In “The End of China’s Economic Miracle” (September/October 2023), Adam Posen describes China’s recent economic challenges ...
