The Paris deal has laid the foundations for real global progress on climate change. On that score, it must be judged a huge success.
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Progress is being made at the Paris climate talks, as negotiators being to accept the limits of what can and can’t be delivered.
Si Washington s’oppose à un accord sur le climat qui serait, à l’image du Protocole de Kyoto, juridiquement contraignant, il insiste sur la nécessaire « transparence » des engagements nationaux.
I returned from a brief trip to Paris two days before the horrific events of November 13, which shocked and saddened civilised people everywhere. I was in Paris for discussions regarding climate change…
A former activist turned professor says previous student movements may have opened the door for people of color to have greater opportunity but fell short of changing the power structure.
Environmental economists have long argued a carbon price is the best way to factor in the social cost of climate change. Did Obama effectively use a carbon price to nix the Keystone XL pipeline?
Behind the US pledge to cut carbon in Paris climate talks lies a bigger effort to build a durable system to verify all countries’ emission cuts.
China’s economy has continued to slow despite efforts by its leaders to give it a boost, which is very bad news for an increasingly dependent Africa.
Increasing trade and commerce will make it easier to verify the Iranians are keeping their promises under the nuclear agreement.
The seed industry in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from many challenges. India, which has one of the biggest seed markets in the world, offers some lessons on how these challenges could be overcome.
Over the past 60 years, China has experimented extensively with policies and programmes to encourage the growth of rural enterprises. Africa could do well by following in these footsteps.
A new method measures the hard data that makes it possible to distinguish which governments actually deliver results from those that don’t.
Many recent elections have ended with bitter disputes about electoral integrity. The issue is perhaps best exemplified by partisan divisions in the United States over Republican allegations of voter fraud…
What’s the best predictor of which candidate will win the presidential nomination. The winner of the Iowa caucus? The winner of the New Hampshire primary? Actually neither is as good a predictor as the…
No denying it, Tuesday was a big day for Republicans. They took control of the Senate, expanded their majority in the House, and added to the number of governorships they hold. The Senate outcome is rightly…
Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the US. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look…
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Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School
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Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Project Director, Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA), Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Director of the People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Ph.D. Student in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard Kennedy School
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
