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Bill McKibben

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Bill McKibben, a scholar in environmental sciences at Middlebury College and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is a co-founder of 350.org.

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  1. A Harder Road for Climate Justice?
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    A Harder Road for Climate Justice?

    Sep 12, 2022 Alab Mirasol Ayroso, et al. consider what recent global developments will mean for COP27 in Egypt this November.

  2. Our Responsibility to Climate Migrants
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    Our Responsibility to Climate Migrants

    Jul 15, 2021 Bill McKibben urges the United States to provide more protection for Central Americans displaced by extreme weather.

  3. Climate Crunch Time
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    Climate Crunch Time

    Sep 29, 2020 Bill McKibben interviewed by Elmira Bayrasli about the past, present, and future of the environmental movement 50 years after the first Earth Day.

  4. Stop Insuring Climate Disaster
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    Stop Insuring Climate Disaster

    May 5, 2017 Bill McKibben calls on underwriters to follow the French firm AXA's lead and repudiate fossil-fuel projects.

  5. Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Lies
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    Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Lies

    Oct 8, 2015 Kelle Louaillier & Bill McKibben argue that there is no place for the fossil-fuel industry in climate policymaking.

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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.
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    America’s Last Chance to Lead in Fusion Energy

    Ylli Bajraktari warns that China's domination of the sector would give it massive economic and geopolitical leverage.
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    China Can’t Spend Its Way Out of Trouble

    Kenneth Rogoff

    China’s prolonged reliance on fiscal stimulus has distorted economic incentives, fueling a housing glut, a collapse in prices, and spiraling public debt. With further stimulus off the table, the only sustainable path is for the central government to relinquish more economic power to local governments and the private sector.

     argues that the country’s problems can be traced back to its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
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    This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

    Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. tout an Expert Group’s efforts to prevent a full-blown solvency crisis in developing countries.
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    What African Electrification Requires

    Fatih Birol & Alain Ebobissé highlight the need for greater private-sector participation to boost investments in power grids.
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    How World Order Changes

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    World order is a matter of degree: it varies over time, depending on technological, political, social, and ideological factors that can affect the global distribution of power and influence norms. It can be radically altered both by broader historical trends and by a single major power's blunders.

     examines the role of evolving power dynamics and norms in bringing about stable arrangements among states.
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    Israel’s Blind Spot

    Ian Buruma explains the lack of sympathy, even among the country’s many anti-war protesters, for Palestinian suffering.
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    Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

    Shamika Sirimanne & Xiaolan Fu call for multilateral action and grassroots pressure to ensure that the technology serves all countries.
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    Don’t Let Governments Break Encryption

    Jessica Dickinson Goodman & Ezequiel Passeron Kitroser urge citizens and lawmakers to fight for the privacy that previous generations took for granted.

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