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(Climate Change/Forests) Could 2021 be a turning point for forests and climate change? (WEF)

Ruben Lubowski, Rupert Edwards, Jacinto Coello, Gabriel Labbate There is a renewed sense of optimism around tackling climate change – the international community must harness this...

(Spain/Climate Change) Madrid is tackling its ‘biggest environmental catastrophe’ in years by cloning trees (WEF)

Michael Gore, Silvio Castellanos Snowstorm Filomena hit central Spain in early January 2021. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/madrid-snowstorm-filomena-trees-cloning-dna-genetics-spain-climate-change/

(Climate Change/Clean Energy) These are the biggest hurdles on the path to clean energy (WEF)

Noel Nevshehir Realizing the energy transition will require navigating several major challenges. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/heres-why-geopolitics-could-hamper-the-energy-transition/

(Leadership) Why moral leadership matters now more than ever (WEF)

Dov Seidman The new State of Moral Leadership Report suggests moral leadership is in high demand but short supply https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/why-moral-leadership-matters-now-more-than-ever/

(Climate Change/Oceans) A 10-step plan to save our seas (WEF)

Douglas McCauley 2050 is predicted to be a bleak milestone for the oceans - but it's not too late to avert disaster. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/a-10-step-plan-to-save-our-oceans/

(Digital World/Social Justice) 4 views on how to ensure social justice in a digital world (WEF)

Prerana Pakhrin Misrahi The theme for World Day of Social Justice 2021 is "A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy." https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/4-views-on-how-to-ensure-social-justice-in-a-digital-world/

(Digital Environment) The Digital Environment as a Global Commons (Valdai Discussion Club)

One of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic was a sharp increase of the digital environment’s importance in social and political activities. Distance work...

(Global Governance) Double Standards Are Not Enough: The Impossibility of Morality in a Multipolar World (Valdai Discussion Club)

Timofei Bordachev The state of modern international politics raises fundamental questions with respect to its assessment in theoretical terms. The main feature of the current...

(China/Russia/Ballistic Missile Cooperation) Chinese–Russian ballistic missile cooperation signals deepening trust (East Asia Forum)

Vasily Kashin, Higher School of Economics During the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in October 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia and China...

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