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18 September 2015
The world is entering a “new era,” declared UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the start of the month. The international community has spent the last five years working towards a new vision to set the course for future sustainable development progress, nominally for the next 15 years, but with...
18 September 2015
With the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda on the horizon and negotiations on a new climate regime, what’s changed for global economic governance in the last two decades, and what have we learned? This article maps the shifting context for trade, investment, and sustainable development...
18 September 2015
Development finance has significant implications for climate action. Where have these linkages been recognised by the international community and what more work is needed? Towards the end of July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UN members clinched an agreement updating the rules on development finance,...
18 September 2015
Where might international cooperation and partnerships galvanise stronger action on climate change and economic development? What role for trade governance? This is a year of unprecedented opportunity. Landmark intergovernmental conferences – the UN financing for development talks in Addis Ababa,...
16 March 2015
How might climate change impact fisheries production and trade? This article offers a preliminary view of what is known and suggests areas for further research. The UN Zero Hunger Challenge aims at providing adequate food for all, making all food systems sustainable, increasing smallholder...
6 February 2015
Falling oil prices have left economists scrambling to understand the possible ramifications for future energy investment flows both in fossil fuels and clean energy sources. Moreover, how might this affect climate policies, particularly as governments gear up to hammer out a global climate deal at...
3 November 2014
As the year begins to draw to a close, many in the international community already have their minds focused on the full agenda ahead, with two major international processes set to be concluded in 2015. UN members are due to hammer out a post-2015 development agenda, with a list of sustainable...
3 November 2014
What kind of new economic models will be needed to meet the combined imperatives of poverty reduction, sustainable development, while making the shift to a low carbon future? The world will soon embark on a new sustainable development path. Through the planned conclusion of several multilateral...
18 September 2014
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged UN members last Thursday to make a final push to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their 2015 target date, and to simultaneously work toward building a development roadmap for the years ahead. “The coming year will be full of hard work,...
23 July 2014
The UN working group charged with outlining a proposed set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted an outcome document on Saturday. The recommended goals will now be sent to the UN General Assembly for consideration as part of the discussions around the post-2015 development agenda. The...
15 July 2014
Fossil-fuel subsidies run counter to bids to move to low-carbon economies. Reform is both important and complex, not least in development contexts. Economic theory explains that subsidies can represent a deadweight loss to society because they artificially lower costs, which encourages inefficient...
