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Resetting Data Governance: Authorized Public Purpose Access and Society Criteria for Implementation of APPA Principles (WEF)

In January 2020, our first publication presented Authorized Public Purpose Access (APPA), a new data governance model that aims to strike a balance between individual...

USA – Blue cities and red states need to work together to rebuild after COVID-19 (Brookings)

Josh Carpenter, Eli Byerly Duke, and Annelies Goger In recent years, tensions between many U.S. cities and the states that house them have intensified amid rising political...

USA – The first 100 days: What does President Biden’s approach to the world look like so far? (Brookings)

John R. Allen and Corey Broschak As we reach the end of this early chapter—these first 100 days—of the new Biden administration, much can be said about...

Global current account imbalances (Center for Macroeconomics & Development)

Otaviano Canuto After peaking in 2007 at around 6% of world GDP, global current-account imbalances declined to 3% of world GDP in the last few...

Jobs and Technology Take Center Stage at Friday’s Summit, With Biden Pitching Climate Action as a Boon for the Economy (Inside Climate News)

James Bruggers, Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz “We can do this,” Biden told the world leaders attending the virtual event. But it will be a heavy lift...

USA – Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township (Inside Climate News)

Brett Chase Leaders are pushing for a new pipeline, opposed by some, in what once was called the largest Black farming community in the Northern...

The world is waking up to the climate crisis. Just look at Wall Street (CNN)

Charles Riley President Joe Biden kicked off a virtual climate summit on Thursday with a pledge to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% below...

Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections (AP)

JULIE WATSON Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by climate...

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ecuadorian President-Elect Lasso (US Department of State)

READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ecuadorian President-elect Guillermo Lasso today.  Secretary Blinken congratulated President-elect Lasso for his recent...

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