The Global Eye’s geostrategic magazine comprises two macro-sections: systemic sustainability and worlds (geostrategies).
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SYSTEMIC SUSTAINABILITY
CLIMATE IMPACT & ACTION – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – SDGs
(1) Brian Stacy (World Bank blogs) scrive della drastica riduzione del PIL globale a seguito della pandemia (-3,1% nel 2020) e della impossibilità, per tutte le regioni del mondo, di tornare ai livelli pre-pandemia
Brian Stacy (World Bank blogs) writes about the drastic reduction in global GDP as a result of the pandemic (-3.1% in 2020) and the impossibility for all regions of the world to return to pre-pandemic levels
Rebuilding economies after COVID-19: Will countries recover? (worldbank.org)
(2) Ben Judah, Francis Shin, Rachel Rizzo e Théophile Pouget-Abadie (Atlantic Council) scrivono dell’importanza per i Paesi europei di implementare gli sforzi per la decarbonizzazione. Gli Autori propongono un obiettivo di spesa in stile NATO
Ben Judah, Francis Shin, Rachel Rizzo and Théophile Pouget-Abadie (Atlantic Council) write about the importance for European countries to implement decarbonisation efforts. The authors propose a NATO-style spending target
Policy memo: A NATO-style spending target could fund long-term decarbonization – Atlantic Council
(3) Lihuan Zhou, Ziyi Ma, Shuang Liu e Amanda Carter (World Resources Institute) scrivono della sfida complessa della decarbonizzazione, soprattutto per i Paesi in via di sviluppo
Lihuan Zhou, Ziyi Ma, Shuang Liu and Amanda Carter (World Resources Institute) write about the complex challenge of decarbonisation, especially for developing countries
How to Finance Early Coal Retirement in Developing Countries | World Resources Institute (wri.org)
(4) Liz Saccoccia (World Resources Institute) scrive dell’importanza di migliorare la raccolta di dati per la gestione delle acque transfrontaliere
Liz Saccoccia (World Resources Institute) writes about the importance of improving data collection for transboundary water management
Democratizing Data for Transboundary Cooperation | World Resources Institute (wri.org)
(5) Secondo l’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità, il 99% della popolazione mondiale respira aria inquinata. I contaminanti presenti nell’aria rappresentano un rischio molto serio per la salute
According to the World Health Organisation, 99% of the world’s population breathes polluted air. Contaminants in the air pose a very serious health risk
‘Act together’ for clean air, Guterres urges | UN News
(6) Il 20 settembre, presso la sede delle Nazioni Unite, si terrà il Climate Ambition Summit: al centro delle discussioni l’accelerazione della trasformazione dei sistemi energetici. Cinque vie: spostare i sussidi energetici dai combustibili fossili alle energie rinnovabili; triplicare gli investimenti nelle energie rinnovabili; rendere la tecnologia delle energie rinnovabili un bene pubblico globale; migliorare l’accesso globale a componenti e materie prime; livellare le condizioni di concorrenza per le tecnologie di energia rinnovabile
On 20 September, the Climate Ambition Summit will be held at the UN headquarters: the focus of discussions will be on accelerating the transformation of energy systems. Five ways: shifting energy subsidies from fossil fuels to renewable energy; tripling investment in renewable energy; making renewable energy technology a global public good; improving global access to components and raw materials; levelling the playing field for renewable energy technologies
WORLDS (GEOSTRATEGIES)
GABON – AFRICA
Danielle Resnick (Brookings) scrive delle recenti elezioni presidenziali in Gabon e del colpo di Stato. Resnick riflette sulle fragili situazioni politico-istituzionali dei Paesi africani, spesso gestiti come feudi personali nonché oggetto di politiche di Paesi stranieri
Danielle Resnick (Brookings) writes about the recent presidential elections in Gabon and the coup d’état. Resnick reflects on the fragile political and institutional situations of African countries, often run as personal fiefdoms as well as objects of foreign countries’ policies
The broader lessons of Gabon’s coup for democracy in Africa | Brookings
IRAN
The daily report of the Institute for The Study of War
Iran Update, September 6, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War (understandingwar.org)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN
Jason Marczak e Pepe Zhang (Atlantic Council) scrivono dell’accordo, siglato il 31 agosto, tra World Bank e Inter-American Development Bank per migliorare la performance economica dell’area America Latina e Caraibi
Jason Marczak and Pepe Zhang (Atlantic Council) write about the agreement, signed on 31 August, between the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the economic performance of the Latin America and Caribbean region
Why the Inter-American Development Bank-World Bank deal matters, and what’s next – Atlantic Council
SYRIA
From Institute for the Study of War, a report on anti-regime protests
Syria Protest Update, August 29—September 4 | Institute for the Study of War (understandingwar.org)
USA – ASEAN
In occasione del vertice USA-ASEAN del 2023, la vice Presidente americana Harris ha annunciato l’istituzione, a Washington, del U.S.-ASEAN Center. Tale iniziativa si colloca nell’ambito del U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
On the occasion of the 2023 US-ASEAN Summit, US Vice President Harris announced the establishment of the U.S.-ASEAN Centre in Washington. This initiative is part of the U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Establishment of a U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington, D.C. – United States Department of State
WAR IN UKRAINE
(1) The daily report of the Institute for The Study of War
(2) Hlib Parfonov (The Jamestown Foundation) scrive dell’evoluzione della controffensiva ucraina e delle tattiche difensive russe
Hlib Parfonov (The Jamestown Foundation) writes about the evolution of the Ukrainian counter-offensive and Russian defensive tactics
Ukraine’s Slow-Moving Counteroffensive: Russia’s Evolving Defensive Tactics (Part Three) – Jamestown
