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On both sides of the Atlantic, political leaders are attacking the integrity of international arbitration as a mechanism for resolving disputes, especially between private parties…
Les Coleman finds the UN-led framework to tackle global warming has failed dismally, and calls for a practical, devolved approach.
The next climate change Conference will be held…
MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies student, Kubilay Ogutcu interviews Dr. Kristin Surak about her upcoming book The Golden Passport: Global…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert identify a problematic lack of engagement with AI in the humanitarian strategies of donor countries and offer a set of…
Duncan Green relays insights from a veteran humanitarian practitioner.
Just got back from Dakar, and a great few days with the latest cohort of leaders from UN, INGOs and Red…
Recent advances in international coordination of climate and trade policies conceal gridlock on an emerging and highly controversial policy option: border carbon adjustments.…
No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World by Mathias Thaler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2022. 352 pp., £80 hardcover 9781316516478, £26.99 paperback…
Duncan Green reports on the feasibility of welcome proposals for reforming the aging bank.
Spent a half day at ODI recently discussing the reform of the…
Regenerating ecologies and economies for society: Challenges and guideposts for Ukraine and beyond.
With the proposed costs of post-conflict reconstruction in the war-torn country…
There is growing demand for carbon credits so that companies and individuals can offset their carbon emissions. This has the potential to generate huge amounts of money to help…
On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Rebecca Hawkins and Leesa Gazi explore the power of art to give voice to the…
Robyn Klingler-Vidra on why we should all care about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
A conflict between the US and China over computer chips – or semiconductors – has been…
Capitalism in the Anthropocene: Ecological Ruin or Ecological Revolution by John Bellamy Foster. New York: Monthly Review Press 2022. 576 pp., £72.04 hardcover 978-1-58367-9753, £…
This is the first of two commentaries providing practice-based insights into how AI is being used, regulated and governed around the world. I had the pleasure of speaking with…
Hugo Slim argues that climate justice must be at the heart of decisions on where to allocate climate finance.
In the run-up to COP 28, humanitarian agencies are advocating…