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Global economy at a delicate crossroad – I

Global economy stands at a delicate crossroad, where wrong policy choices will be difficult to unwind in at least the short-term, and will take it away, and perhaps rather quickly,…

Climate change crisis and global response

The existential threat of climate change is unfolding fast, and the window of limiting average global temperatures below 1.5C — to avoid any permanent natured changes to climate, something which…

Lagging green spending globally

‘The world’s leading economies have announced economic stimulus packages that will pump approximately US$4.6 trillion directly into sectors that have a large and lasting impact on carbon emissions and nature,…

Global threats Cesar Chelala

The recent UN report on climate change alerts the world to the dramatic consequences to the environment that increasing global warming trends in our planet pose for our survival. One…

Efforts for global democracy

It is a paradox: The world and its people have never been so closely interwoven than today, yet there are more fences and walls separating them than ever before. Many…

Global economic prospects and Pakistan

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), along with some other related departments of the United Nations (UN) recently launched their flagship report 'World Economic Situation…

Warming Is Real

Warming is real

Imagine spending your whole career working on a question to which you don't want to know the answer. We know that greenhouse gas emissions can and do warm the planet,…