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Resetting development finance
Oped, Carlos Cuerpo and Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 03/07/2025
» At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development this week in Seville, delegates are calling for urgent action to fix a system that has stopped working. Prior to the third such gathering a decade ago, in Ethiopia, we had witnessed unprecedented advances towards reducing poverty, increasing school enrolment, and providing clean water worldwide. Today, however, progress is not only slowing but potentially stagnating -- or, worse, reversing.
Youth lead food system revolution
News, Stefanos Fotiou & Nicole de Paula, Published on 27/06/2025
» People don't resist change -- they resist loss. And right now, we are facing devastating losses. With the avalanche of global aid cuts, experts estimate that 2.3 million children in low- and middle-income countries will lose support to treat acute malnutrition. This means over 350,000 extra preventable child deaths yearly.
A turning point for clean cooking
Oped, Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak & Joseph Nganga, Published on 15/05/2024
» For most of her life, Florence Auma Ode cooked over an open fire in her Kenyan home. The resulting smoke coated the walls with a layer of soot and filled her lungs -- and those of her family members -- with particulate matter.
Curbing plastic pollution needs local remedies
Oped, Mirei Endara de Heras, Published on 22/02/2024
» As the United Nations enters the final stretch of negotiations for a new treaty to end plastic pollution, governments must work to ensure that the agreement not only reduces plastic production, but also strengthens local initiatives to remove and recycle existing plastic waste.
How to enforce climate deals with trade measures
Oped, Scott Barrett, Noah Kaufman & Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 06/02/2024
» Casual observers of the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) can be forgiven for attributing high stakes to the event.
What pandemic preparedness would look like
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 06/10/2023
» Humanity was caught off guard by the Covid-19 pandemic, even though we had effectively been warned by smaller-scale outbreaks -- of Sars, Ebola, Mers and avian flu -- for decades.
Inequality rising and democracy under seige
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 09/09/2023
» There has been much handwringing about the retreat of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism in recent years -- and for good reason. From Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and former US president Donald Trump, we have a growing list of authoritarians and would-be autocrats who channel a curious form of right-wing populism. Though they promise to protect ordinary citizens and preserve longstanding national values, they pursue policies that protect the powerful and trash longstanding norms -- and leave the rest of us trying to explain their appeal.
Meta and algorithms of violence
News, Pat de Brún, Published on 28/08/2023
» Friday was not only the six-year anniversary of the Rohingya's darkest day. It also marked the coming into force of key provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA) -- the EU's landmark new legislation governing the Big Tech industry. This law contains significant constraints on Big Tech, including minimum safety standards for algorithmic recommender systems. If properly enforced, it has the potential to prevent any recurrence of what happened to the Rohingya.
We need to act for our future generations
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 22/06/2023
» Conservatives often make a big show of worrying about the debt burden that we are passing onto our children. This moral argument featured prominently in congressional Republicans' refusal to support a routine increase to the US debt ceiling. The GOP supposedly is so committed to reducing spending that it is willing to hold the global economy hostage and risk permanent damage to America's reputation.
Helping refugees fit in to society
Oped, Giuseppe de Vincentiis, Published on 22/06/2023
» Forced displacement is not by choice. When refugees flee for their lives, they do not have time to compare whether taking the plane or the train would be the best option. Often by foot, displacement is sudden, unplanned, and desperate. Not an act of luxury but to save lives.