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Michel Goldman

Michel Goldman

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Michel Goldman, President of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3h) and Emeritus Professor of Immunology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, was executive director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative from 2009 to 2014.

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  1. Cleaning Up Europe’s Vaccine Mess
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    Cleaning Up Europe’s Vaccine Mess

    Apr 2, 2021 Michel Goldman argues that the main obstacle to matching the success of the US effort is bureaucratic, not financial.

  2. The Case for COVID-19 Antibody Therapies
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    The Case for COVID-19 Antibody Therapies

    Jul 10, 2020 Michel Goldman & Michel D. Kazatchkine call for greater investment in new genetically engineered treatments to combat the coronavirus.

  3. Mobilizing Young People Against Anti-Vaxxers
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    Mobilizing Young People Against Anti-Vaxxers

    Apr 1, 2019 Michel Goldman proposes targeting education programs at adolescents to empower them to become immunization advocates.

  4. How to Help Deflate America’s Opioid Bubble
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    How to Help Deflate America’s Opioid Bubble

    Feb 1, 2019 Mathias Dewatripont & Michel Goldman apply lessons from the 2008 financial crisis to the ongoing public-health emergency in the US.

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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

    shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

    propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.

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