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CLIMATE CHANGE – Climate change is making autumn leaves change colour earlier – here’s why (Philip James, WEF)

The up side? Prolonged autumnal colours, and more time for us to kick through the leaves! Image: REUTERS/Russell Cheyne A new study has shown that...

INTERNATIONAL TRADE – A focus on foreign investment can drive our recovery from COVID-19 (Sergio Segovia, WEF)

Some advice from Brazil - one of the world's top destinations for FDI. Image: Raphael Nogueira / Unsplash Investment promotion agencies (IPAs) around the world...

CHINA – Nature can be China’s strongest ally in the fight against climate change (Wei Dong Zhou, WEF)

China's pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2060 is the biggest stated climate goal to-date. Nature-based solutions could provide a third of China's efforts...

CLIMATE CHANGE – Carbon capture can help us win the race against climate change (Brad Page, WEF)

The Tomakomai carbon, capture and storage (CCS) test site in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. Image: REUTERS/Aaron Sheldrick The pandemic presents us with an opportunity to embrace...

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – 5 ways to unlock the power of tech for the post-pandemic recovery (William Eggers, Ruth Hickin, WEF)

We still need an innovate governance framework for the technology behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Governments, businesses and civil society must ask how...

VENEZUELA – Screening and Discussion of “A La Calle” (CFR)

Speakers Rebecca Bill Chavez Nonresident Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue; CFR Member Leopoldo Lopez Venezuelan Democratic Leader; Member of the Venezuelan Interim Government; Prisoner of Conscience according to Amnesty...

EUROPE – The Future of Europe (CFR)

Speakers Anna Grzymala-Busse Kevin and Michelle Douglas Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Wolfgang Ischinger Chairman, Munich Security Conference;...

TPP – What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? (James McBride, Andrew Chatzky, and Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

Summary The TPP was a massive trade agreement signed by twelve Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, that together comprised 40 percent of...

INDONESIA/RCEP – Indonesia signed RCEP, what next? (Arianto A Patunru, Ira Aprilianti, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/03/indonesia-signed-rcep-what-next/

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