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29 June 2023
No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World by Mathias Thaler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2022. 352 pp., £80 hardcover 9781316516478, £26.99 paperback…
27 June 2023
Duncan Green reports on the feasibility of welcome proposals for reforming the aging bank.  Spent a half day at ODI recently discussing the reform of the…
26 June 2023
Regenerating ecologies and economies for society: Challenges and guideposts for Ukraine and beyond. With the proposed costs of post-conflict reconstruction in the war-torn country…
20 June 2023
There is growing demand for carbon credits so that companies and individuals can offset their carbon emissions. This has the potential to generate huge amounts of money to help…
19 June 2023
On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Rebecca Hawkins and Leesa Gazi explore the power of art to give voice to the…
13 June 2023
Robyn Klingler-Vidra on why we should all care about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.  A conflict between the US and China over computer chips – or semiconductors – has been…
08 June 2023
Capitalism in the Anthropocene: Ecological Ruin or Ecological Revolution by John Bellamy Foster. New York: Monthly Review Press 2022. 576 pp., £72.04 hardcover 978-1-58367-9753, £…
07 June 2023
This is the first of two commentaries providing practice-based insights into how AI is being used, regulated and governed around the world. I had the pleasure of speaking with…
02 June 2023
Hugo Slim argues that climate justice must be at the heart of decisions on where to allocate climate finance. In the run-up to COP 28, humanitarian agencies are advocating…
01 June 2023
Jing Cheng argues that the effective application of AI for governance needs to take local and national contexts into consideration. This is the seventh post in a…