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Owen Gaffney, Project Lead of Earth4All, is Chief Impact Officer at Nobel Prize Outreach.

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  1. Tax the Rich to Save the Planet
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    Tax the Rich to Save the Planet

    Mar 31, 2023 Owen Gaffney argues that reducing economic inequality is the key to strengthening democracy and mitigating climate change.

  2. An Antidote to Climate Despair
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    An Antidote to Climate Despair

    Nov 11, 2022 Owen Gaffney, et al. argue that optimism about humanity's potential is an essential tool for addressing existential threats.

  3. Absorbing the Shock of the Energy Transition
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    Absorbing the Shock of the Energy Transition

    Jul 7, 2022 Owen Gaffney explains why a fee-and-dividend scheme is the perfect policy for the era of climate change.

  4. Breaking Germany’s Coal Addiction
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    Breaking Germany’s Coal Addiction

    Feb 7, 2019 Johan Rockström & Owen Gaffney consider the global implications of the country's move to phase out dirty energy.

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    The New World Disorder

    Richard Haass highlights the growing threat to international stability and calls for effective cooperation.
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    Latin America’s Growth Conundrum

    Arminio Fraga, et al.

    Since 1960, only a few countries in Latin America have narrowed the gap between their per capita income and that of the United States, while most of the region has lagged far behind. Making up for lost ground will require a coordinated effort, involving both technocratic tinkering and bold political leadership.

     explain what it will take finally to achieve economic convergence with advanced economies.
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    We Need to Talk About Bank Supervision

    Howard Davies thinks the renewed debate over commercial bank capital requirements largely misses the point.
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    The New Anatomy of Britain

    Robert Skidelsky laments the decline of UK institutions and the increasingly limited scope for meaningful action.
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    Financing Our Survival

    Vera Songwe

    Between now and the end of this decade, climate-related investments need to increase by orders of magnitude to keep the world on track toward achieving even more ambitious targets by mid-century. Fortunately, if done right, such investments could usher in an entirely new and better economy.

     explains what it will take to mobilize capital for the net-zero transition worldwide.
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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.

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