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The European Commission unveiled the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in July 2021 as part of its "Fit for 55" climate-policy package. The European Commission had announced this trade-policy instrument under the Green Deal in 2019 as a means of implementing more ambitious climate-policy...
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There is a widely held consensus that it will not be possible to feed the world without the help of the smallholders of …
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-scientific world view. Restrictions on civil society are one of the consequences of government action dominated by populism. When it …
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countries has been driving discussions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the establishment of an international investment …
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While blockchain technology (BT) has gained a great deal of publicity for its use in cryptocurrencies, another area of BT application has emerged away from the public eye, namely supply chains. Due to the increasing fragmentation and globalisation of supply chains in recent years, many products...
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agreements (IIAs) have been found to be less important (World Bank, 2018). To harness the advantages of FDI, it is critical that … adopted at the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2017 called for the start of … geography of economic power in the world. Their increased role has led to a shift of policy agendas, focusing on practical …
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To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, developing countries need additional funding. Funding can come from four sources: domestic public resources (or revenues), international public resources, domestic private resources or international private resources. Of these four...
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Multilateral cooperation means that states can collectively achieve more than they can through individual and bilateral efforts alone. Multilateral organisations are important instruments for this: they have a greater geographic and thematic reach, operate at a larger scale and stand for...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global human health crisis that is deeply intertwined with the global biodiversity crisis. It originated when a zoonotic virus spilled over from wild animals to humans. Viruses can spread easily in disturbed ecosystems, and with increasing contact between humans and...
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With a collective responsibility for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while representing 80% of global wealth, it is imperative that the countries of the G20 throw their weight behind the implementation of both the Paris Climate Agree-ment and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development....
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