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Can Europe, China forge a climate connection?
Oped, Emmanuel Guerin & Bernice Lee, Published on 12/08/2025
» Earlier this year, the Chinese firm CATL, the world's largest battery-maker, unveiled an electric-vehicle (EV) battery capable of delivering a remarkable 520 kilometres (323 miles) of driving range after just five minutes of charging. The announcement came a month after BYD, China's leading EV manufacturer, launched its own ultra-fast charging system. In solar, too, the numbers are staggering: Chinese firms can now produce over 1,200 gigawatts of solar panels annually.
Making the solidarity levies case
Oped, Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley & William Ruto, Published on 19/11/2024
» From Bridgetown to Nairobi to Paris, no country is immune to the worsening effects of the climate crisis. With each passing year, we witness more climate-related destruction. This year, we have set a number of new records: wildfires in Chile have destroyed more than 14,000 homes; extreme rainfall in Brazil has devastated 478 cities and left nearly 2 million people stranded in Bangladesh; and in July, the world experienced its hottest day ever.
Multilateralism can bring success
Oped, Emmanuel Macron, José Manuel Barroso & Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, Published on 21/06/2024
» Multilateralism, we are told, is in retreat. But we cannot let retrenchment and fragmentation take over. From climate change and biodiversity collapse to the conflicts, geopolitical tension, and turbulence afflicting today's world, we know that overcoming global challenges requires renewed and strengthened forms of global cooperation.
Risks of effectively aiding people
News, Emmanuel Jimenez, Published on 20/06/2022
» At the end of December 2019, as I was moving from New Delhi to what I thought would be a leisurely retirement in Manila, I was complacent. The events that have buffeted the world since then, if I even thought of them, would have seemed to be total fantasy.
The 2021 Guru awards
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 24/12/2021
» As the year comes to a close and we're all looking back at the past 12 months with introspection, at Guru we will stick to time-honoured tradition of being reflectively snarky. Like any other year, 2021 had no shortage of cringe-worthy and WTF moments. So before we head into the new year with resolutions we'll give up on halfway through the first month of 2022, let's roll out the metaphorical red carpet as we award moments from the eventful year. It's time for this year's edition of the Guru Awards.
Nigeria's poisonous patriarchy
News, Ibitoye Segun Emmanuel, Published on 01/07/2019
» Nearly every country has some way to go to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5).
France's 'fight racism' ban on hate speech goes too far
News, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Published on 28/03/2018
» French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced last week his government's plan to "fight racism" to much fanfare. The cause is a worthy one (who can be against fighting racism?), but sadly the plan is a disaster.