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Seth Berkley

Seth Berkley

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Seth Berkley is a former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

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  1. The Climate Crisis Is Also a Health Crisis
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    The Climate Crisis Is Also a Health Crisis

    Dec 1, 2022 Seth Berkley & Werner Hoyer explain why global leaders must urgently introduce equitable pandemic-response mechanisms.

  2. The G20 Must Recommit to COVAX
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    The G20 Must Recommit to COVAX

    Sep 3, 2021 Seth Berkley urges global leaders to support the COVID-19 vaccine-access facility in four crucial ways.

  3. The Added Value of Vaccination
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    The Added Value of Vaccination

    Jun 29, 2021 Seth Berkley shows how routine immunization programs in poorer countries help to improve global disease surveillance.

  4. A Moment of Truth in the Pandemic
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    A Moment of Truth in the Pandemic

    Sep 16, 2020 Seth Berkley, et al. believe that widespread participation in a new global vaccine-access facility would signal a turning point.

  5. The Fastest Way Out of the Pandemic
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    The Fastest Way Out of the Pandemic

    Jul 15, 2020 Seth Berkley, et al. argue that the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility is the key to overcoming the coronavirus.

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    How to Judge the New British Government’s First Budget

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    If UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves tried to meet all the political demands that have been placed on her, her budget would likely result in disappointing growth and financial instability. Instead, the new government's first budget should be judged according to four longer-term criteria.

    lists four criteria for assessing the chancellor's attempt to meet a long list of unrealistic demands.
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    Outsourcing Our Future to For-Profit AI

    Katharina Pistor worries that we have already ceded control to self-interested private corporations and their shareholders.
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    Investments in Nature Will Decide Our Future

    Ambroise Fayolle

    At COP16 in Colombia this month, delegates from nearly 200 countries will discuss how to accelerate action to protect 30% of the planet’s land and maritime areas by 2030. Central to that goal will be unlocking more investment through public-private partnerships, de-risking mechanisms, and other innovative strategies.

    points out that biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage jeopardize all other global development goals.
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    The Roots of Europe’s Immigration Problem

    Robert Skidelsky calls attention to the conditions that lead African migrants to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean.
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    The BRICS Still Don’t Matter

    Jim O'Neill thinks the grouping continues to show that it serves no purpose beyond generating symbolic political gestures.
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    Why Another Trump Term Would Be Worse Than the First

    Tom Ginsburg & Aziz Huq see a pattern of authoritarian movements becoming more effective when given a second shot at power.
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    The Case for Press Freedom Just Got Stronger

    Katrin Kivi highlights the findings of two new reports that illustrate the many benefits of protecting independent media.
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    China’s Pension Crisis Is Here

    Yi Fuxian argues that the country’s efforts to mitigate the effects of rapid demographic aging are too little, too late.
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    Why Must Indians Vote So Often?

    Shashi Tharoor argues that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to hold all elections on the same day is a non-starter.

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