The COP29’s Climate Finance Action Fund could set a new green standard for petrodollar recycling, but its current targets are too modest to have a big impact ...
As climate change intensifies, it is reshaping the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, necessitating a proactive adaptation in India’s public health response. ...
LDCs often face capacity and financial constraints, resulting in low compliance rates. Enhanced support, improved WTO capacity, and increased cooperation and knowledge sharing are needed. ...
A robust Indian green bond market can significantly finance the country’s ambitious net-zero goals ...
LDCs in Africa struggle with high-risk loans for climate adaptation. Debt swaps, green bonds, and sustainability-linked bonds could provide needed funding ...
As a key player in the GBA, India can enhance its energy security, drive economic growth, and strengthen its leadership in the biofuel sector while meeting its national and climate goals ...
India must transition to zero-emission trucks with targeted policies, infrastructure, and cleaner technologies to meet net-zero goals and cut reliance on diesel freight ...
By leveraging public and private capital, blended finance can close funding gaps and attract private investments, facilitating India’s transition to a net-zero future ...
Through domestic censorship and global initiatives like the Digital Silk Road, China aims to create an alternative digital order, challenging the U.S.-led multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance ...
China’s de-dollarisation and its geopolitical ambitions, especially regarding Taiwan, are contradictory. It cannot disrupt regional peace while trying to establish the RMB as a trusted global currency. ...
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Saudi Arabia's OPEC+ strategy supports Vision 2030 by balancing oil production cuts and economic diversification ...
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By implementing infrastructural plans in a responsible manner, India can prove that it is possible to balance road connectivity with forest preservation without having to choose between them ...
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With the 1.5°C goal deadline fast approaching, creating an enforcement and accountability framework to reduce emissions and limit the increase in global temperatures is imperative ...
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The prospects for reviving the JCPOA under Iran's new president inspire cautious optimism, which is tempered by the Supreme Leader’s control over the country and the upcoming US Presidential elections ...
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China's soft power diplomacy in Nepal serves as a tangible manifestation of its broader foreign policy goals, aiming not only for a China-dominated Asia but also a Chinese-led world order ...
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The global nuclear order is increasingly defined by regional contestations, necessitating comprehensive diplomatic strategies that address global and local dimensions of nuclear risk ...
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As China expands its influence in the Global South and the US and India increase aid, smaller developing nations revert to non-alignment to gain concessions from both. ...
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As cyber threats in recent times increasingly leverage Artificial Generative Intelligence, the integration of LLMs into cybersecurity cannot wait. ...
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Capturing biometrics for children will help achieve Universal Health Coverage by providing greater access to healthcare to children from vulnerable populations. ...
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Religio-political parties in Pakistan's recent general elections increased their presence and attempted to shed their conservative image, but this did not translate into significant electoral success. ...
The urgency of Sharif’s recent visit to China highlights Islamabad’s increasing dependence on China amid a deepening debt crisis and growing international isolation. ...
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Digitising built heritage can help foster greater public engagement and awareness and lead to effective preservation and restoration. ...
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OCEN can potentially change the playing field for India’s MSME sector, especially in the northeastern region, with women being the biggest beneficiaries. ...
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The ICC's consideration of arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders highlights the complexities of achieving accountability in protracted conflicts. ...
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The expanded BRICS offers India opportunities to assert its global leadership, but it also poses certain geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges. ...
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To address the challenges posed by existing credit rating agencies and their biases against the Global South, particularly India, several operational changes need to be implemented. ...
Marinez Scherer is the COP30 Special Envoy for the Ocean, holds a PhD in Marine Sciences, and is a professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). She is also co-chair of the IOC/UNESCO Working Group on Sustainable Ocean ...
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Katie Earnshaw is the Policy and Research Advisor at the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network. She coordinates ISWAN’s work to strengthen the representation of seafarers’ voices in global policymaking through its consultative status at the International Maritime Organization. She ...
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