Climate Change: Obsession with Plastic Pollution Distracts Attention from Bigger Environmental Challenges
By now, most of us have heard that the use of plastics is a big issue…
The Existential Politics of Climate Change
Climate politics are changing. Beyond “politics as usual,”…
The Euro Crisis showed the Limits of using Market Integration and Free Trade as Vehicles for Development
The crisis that hit members of the Eurozone a decade ago has often…
Can Shareholder Activism Tame the Financial System?
Activists are increasingly targeting businesses – from oil companies…
The World is too Complacent about Epidemics. Here's How to Change
Julie Louise Gerberding on the global lack of preparedness for…
Early View Article - Sulfur in the Sky with Diamonds: An Inquiry into the Feasibility of Solar Geoengineering
Solar geoengineering (SG) is considered a promising, albeit…
Early View Article - Understanding American Power: Conceptual Clarity, Strategic Priorities, and the Decline Debate
What does it mean for the United States to be powerful? The prospect…
Catastrophic Climate Change and Forest Tipping Points: Blind Spots in International Politics and Policy
Scientists believe that humanity has already crossed the core…
Tailoring for Development: China's Post‐crisis Influence in Global Financial Governance
China's increasing engagement in global financial governance since…
Responding to the SDG16 Measurement Challenge: The Governance, Peace and Security Survey Modules in Africa
This paper presents an ongoing initiative, built on a practical…
The Big (data) Bang: Opportunities and Challenges for Compiling SDG Indicators
Official statisticians around the world are faced with the herculean…
Knowledge and Politics in Setting and Measuring the SDGs: Introduction to Special Issue
The papers in this special issue provide accounts of the politics and…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Science‐Diplomacy Nexus
In this article, we address the climate change issue through the lens…
Science Diplomacy and Trust Building: ‘Science China’ in the Arctic
Science diplomacy creates possibilities for trust building in…
Science Diplomacy, Epistemic Communities, and Practice in Sub‐Saharan Africa
For many states in Sub‐Saharan Africa, the capacity to participate in…
The SDGs: Changing How Development is Understood
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute a truly…
Political Thriller Exposes the Underbelly of Global Goals
This commentary characterizes the SDG indicator framework as a ‘…
A Quantum Leap in Energy Efficiency to Put the Sustainable Development Goals in Closer Reach
Targeted improvements in the way energy is transformed, distributed…
Early View Article - Afghanistan: In Search for an Alternative Route to Stability
After the US invasion of Afghanistan, while there were some successes…
What is the Future for the International Civil Service? On Global Public Administration
Generally speaking, questions of human resources in the United…
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