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South Africa’s municipal elections: A referendum on political parties and local democracy (Danielle Resnick, Brookings)

On November 1, South Africans will go to the polls in the sixth round of local government elections since the country’s democratic transition in...

Climate finance meets low-carbon agtech (Jonathan Phillips, Victoria Plutshack, and Rob Fetter, Brookings)

Headlining the climate finance discussions next week at COP26 may be the shortfall in advanced economies’ $100 billion annual pledge to help low- and...

Around the halls: Examining the impact of what does (or doesn’t) happen at COP26 (Amar Bhattacharya, David Dollar, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeremy Greenwood, Samantha Gross,...

The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) is scheduled to take place in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12, under the co-presidency of...

Rebuilding US-Chinese cooperation on climate change: The science and technology opportunity (David G. Victor, Brookings)

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, during the runup to what became the Paris Agreement, it was cooperation between the United...

2020 Census: Big cities grew and became more diverse, especially among their youth (William H. Frey, Brookings)

While there is much discussion about the future of big city populations, the 2020 Census shows that, when looking at the 2010-2020 decade, many...

From anti-vaxxer moms to militia men: Influence operations, narrative weaponization, and the fracturing of American identity (Dana Beth Weinberg and Jessica Dawson, Brookings)

In spring 2020, several Facebook groups coalesced around opposition to coronavirus- related lockdowns. These online groups quickly devolved to hotbeds of conspiracy theories, malign...

Battlefield Din Daeng: The Thai protesters with ‘nothing to lose’ (Caleb Quinley, Al Jazeera)

Before revealing scars across his body, Gap* glances up at a group of police officers watching closely from across the street. It is only...

China’s revised climate pledge ‘casts shadow’ over Glasgow summit (Al Jazeera)

China has submitted a revised plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions before the end of this current decade, but critics say the country that produces 27...

Japan’s ruling LDP on defensive ahead of parliamentary polls (Al Jazeera)

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faces a fight to maintain its sole majority in this weekend’s lower house election, opinion polls on Friday...
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