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(Climate Change) Climate change: Are forests carbon sinks or carbon sources? (WEF)

Nancy Harris, Research Manager, Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute David Gibbs, GIS Research Associate, World Resources Institute Forests are an important asset in the fight...

(Pakistan/Climate Change) How Pakistan is aiming for a green recovery from the pandemic (WEF)

Malik Amin Aslam Khan The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for humans to nurture a more harmonious, rather than adversarial, relationship with nature. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/pakistan-green-recovery/

(Cyberattacks) Fifth-generation cyberattacks are here. How can the IT industry adapt? (WEF)

Itai Greenberg, Vice-President, Product Management, Check Point Cyberattacks are continuing to grow in sophistication and scale. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/fifth-generation-cyberattacks/  

(Money Markets, New Basel III Regulations, Central Bank Policies) Supranational rules, national discretion: Increasing versus inflating regulatory bank capital (VOXEU)

Reint Gropp, Thomas Mosk, Steven Ongena, Ines Simac, Carlo Wix Euro area money markets have gone through substantial changes and turbulent periods over the past...

(Smart Working) Working from home: Too much of a good thing (VOXEU)

Kristian Behrens, Sergey Kichko, Jacques-François Thisse Containing Covid-19 has required more people to work from home, accelerating the trend towards telecommuting. This column uses a...

(Worker Representation/Corporate Boards) Benefit to employees of worker representation on corporate boards (VOXEU)

Christine Blandhol, Magne Mogstad, J Peter Nilsson, Ola L. Vestad Worker representation on corporate boards has gained popularity as a way to promote the workers’...

(Trade Imbalances/Protectionism) Trade imbalances and the rise of protectionism (VOXEU)

Samuel Delpeuch, Etienne Fize, Philippe Martin How much can trade imbalances account for the rise in protectionism of the past ten years? This column reveals...

(Italy/Government/Pandemic) Government architecture and the sense of government unpreparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy (VOXEU)

Massimiliano Ferraresi, Gianluca Gucciardi In the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, central governments around the world played a central role in defining policy options...

(USA/JCPOA) The Tired Old Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Accord Rears Its Head (The National Interest)

Paul R. Pillar Now with a new administration preparing to bring the United States back into compliance with the agreement, the opposition machinery is gearing...

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