Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment at Columbia University on Jan. 25, 2021. By Rachel Thrasher Science and society speak loud and clear on climate change. Time is running out, and a massive transformation is needed to align our economic lives with the world’s climate needs. Countries […]
In the fall of 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a means to mobilize resources, strengthen connectivity links, leverage potential growth drivers and connect markets with a view to integrating more countries and regions into economic globalization and achieving shared prosperity through mutually beneficial cooperation. Aligning the BRI […]
By Rebecca Ray Global Americans, December 5, 2019
Managers are increasingly facing shareholder pressure to disclose and manage their climate change risks. The reason for this surge in climate-related shareholder activism is the growing recognition of increased costs and risks associated with climate change as well as the fact that, in many countries, the disclosure of nonfinancial information is not mandated by law. […]
Henrik Selin, Associate Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, published a recent Op-Ed on the challenges faced by the Paris Agreement after the withdrawal of the United States The Op-Ed, entitled “Can the Paris Agreement on climate change succeed without the US? 4 questions answered” was published in the The Conversation on November 12, 2019. From […]
Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) established a working group of global scholars to identify the state of the current research, existing gaps in the data, and establishing a policy-oriented research agenda on trade treaties and access to medicines. The working group’s NEW report Rethinking Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines: Toward a Policy-Oriented Research Agenda synthesizes the state of […]
Since the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1994 that brought intellectual property rules into the global trading regime via the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), there has been a concern that the trading regime would globalize the monopolies created by patent rights and therefore make it more difficult […]
Over the last 15 years, South America’s Western Andean nations have adopted some of the world’s most ambitious environmental and social protections surrounding infrastructure investment, most notably the right to prior consultation for affected indigenous communities. These reforms have been matched by the adoption of equally ambitious environmental and social safeguards (ESS) by the international […]
The emergence of China as a new economic partner for Amazon basin countries has brought benefits to South America and China alike. In less than two decades, China has become an important market for the region’s products and an essential source of finance and investment. The burgeoning relationship has granted China access to new products […]
An ambitious global agenda on climate change and sustainable development has emerged from the landmark international agreements of 2015. Together, the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda aim to deliver strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth, reduce global poverty and secure a better and more sustainable […]