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(Europe) What to do with Extraterritorial Sanctions? EU Responses (ORF)

IVAN TIMOFEEV One of the important decisions of the new US administration was the revision of the sanctions policy inherited from President Donald Trump. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/what-to-do-with-extraterritorial-sanctions-eu-responses/

(Climate Change) For climate policies to stay on track we must prepare for transition risks (WEF)

Aengus Collins, Rainer Sachs 2021 could be a pivotal year for climate policy as a growing number of countries and companies increase their environmental ambitions https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/climate-policies-transition-risks/

(China) China’s new 5-year plan: Shifting investment from coal to green tech (WEF)

Laurie Goering China is aiming to become the global leader in "low-carbon tech for a carbon-constrained world" https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/china-green-tech-coal-five-year-plan-environment-climate-change/

(Global Governance) Your diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are missing the point. Here’s how to fix them (WEF)

Garkay Wong Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are crucial to our pandemic response but have been among the first to be cut https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/how-to-improve-diversity-equity-inclusion-initiatives-business/

(Global Governance) How improved data could boost humanitarian investment (WEF)

Katherine Garrett-Cox, Helen Alderson Reat Noch The number of people in need of humanitarian aid has jumped by 40% to 235 million in 2021, according...

(Education) Why we must reimagine capacity building to strengthen education after COVID-19 (WEF)

Yifei Yan, Kidjie Saguin The efforts to sustain global education during the COVID-19 pandemic suggest ways to reimagine education systems for a post-pandemic world https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/why-we-must-reimagine-capacity-building-to-reimagine-education-after-covid-19/

(Gender Parity) Women’s rights must be central to the global recovery. Here’s why (WEF)

Tea Trumbic, Norman Loayza The economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound detrimental effect on women. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/women-business-law-gender-economics-covid-coronavirus-worldbank/

(Global Governance) IMF Head: How governments can prevent widening inequality (WEF)

Kristalina Georgieva COVID-19 has caused the worst global recession in peacetime, since the Great Depression, writes IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/great-divergence-covid19-recovery-economic/

(Trade/Climate Change) 4 ways to improve trade rules and support climate action (WEF)

Jeroen Ouwehand, Matthew Layton Climate change goals require urgent global action – drawing on the brightest minds and the latest clean technology. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/4-ways-improve-trade-rules-support-climate-action/

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