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USA – Creating Lasting Change through Community Leadership (Urban Institute)

An old East Coast port city building community trust and redefining its image. A rural Kentucky county opening new doors for families. A Bay...

FINANCE/BIODIVERSITY – The Financial Sector’s Gain Must Not Be Biodiversity’s Loss (Robin Smale, WEF)

When it comes to biodiversity and natural capital more broadly, most investors still behave as if these assets were unlimited and the services they...

USA – A Monetary Mind at the Treasury (John B. Taylor, Project-Syndicate)

Former US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's forthcoming appointment to lead the Department of the Treasury is good news for advocates of rules-based monetary...

USA – Can Joe Biden’s America Be Trusted? (Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Project-Syndicate)

America's friends and allies have come to distrust it in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency. Joe Biden will do all that he can...

EUROPE/AFRICA – Building an EU-Africa Partnership of Equals (Carlos Lopes, Project-Syndicate)

When it comes to ties between the European Union and Africa, returning to “normal” after the COVID-19 crisis is simply not an option. The...

CITIES/CLIMATE CHANGE – Why dockless bikes are the symbol of our future cities (Lu Lu, Su Song, Hui Jiang, World Resorces Institute)

Cycle hire scheme are a common theme across many of the world's major cities. Image: REUTERS/Mal Langsdon Cities around the world are being redesigned, adapting...

USA/CLIMATE CHANGE – How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America’s global climate leadership (Dolf Gielen, Morgan Bazilian, WEF)

Kerry’s decades of experience may give him a chance of making real progress. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2TPD9I1RPI The Trump...

CLIMATE CHANGE – Explained: why renewables became so cheap so fast (Max Roser, WEF)

Falling renewable energy costs is good news for our planet. Image: REUTERS/Stringer Despite the emissions they produce, fossil fuels currently account for 79% of the...

CLIMATE CHANGE – 4 vital steps to protect the world’s remaining rainforests (Tharanga Gunawardena, WEF)

Nearly half of the world’s rainforests have been destroyed since the 1960s. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Protecting rainforests is worth more to modern economies than destroying...

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