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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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March 29, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Limits on New Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed limits for carbon dioxide emissions of new power plants (NYT). The rules will require future power plants to restrict emissions to less than 1,000 p…
July 24, 2023
Russia
How Frozen Russian Assets Could Pay for Rebuilding in Ukraine
Will Ukraine’s international backers use billions of dollars in seized Russian assets to support rebuilding the war-ravaged country?
February 8, 2022
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Year Three: The Pandemic Continues
As we enter year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, three leading global health experts examine how the United States and the world have dealt with the evolving situation, the lessons learned, and the w…
March 13, 2006
International Organizations
Lowenkron: Number of Countries Fear a Tougher UN Human Rights Body
The State Department official in charge of addressing human rights issues, Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron, tells cfr.org a number of states fear the proposed UN Human Rights Council, which will …
March 31, 2022
Economics
Russia’s War Is the End of Magical Thinking
In her co-authored 2018 book Political Risk, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells the story of an hourlong negotiation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For what were clearly pr…