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Global Systems & Policy
As the largest emitter in world history, the US must take on more of the transitions’ burdens than those they historically exploited. We focus our global systems and policy work on three categories: reparations, global implication for US decarbonization, and demilitarization. Our research is informed by global infrastructure such as sovereign debt, tax, trade, and monetary policy.
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Seize the Future
Winning durable change requires a policy platform that tackles the root causes of domestic economic insecurity and global instability. A record number of people can’t afford …
Global Systems & Policy
Development, Debt, and Disaster Risk in ‘Nature’s Casino’
As climate-related disasters become more frequent and severe, countries in the Global South continue to bear the biggest costs of the crisis. In the most vulnerable …
Global Systems & Policy
Climate Justice Demands Ceasefire and Arms Embargo on Israel
Israel, with the USʼs financial and military support, is subjecting Palestinians in Gaza to apocalyptic conditions on top of the worst bombardment in their history, with …
Global Systems & Policy
Exporting Extinction: How the International Financial System Constrains Biodiverse Futures
This major report sets out to answer the question of why governments in the Global South have routinely failed to achieve biodiversity goals and targets. Rather …
Global Systems & Policy
Ceasefire now, ceasefire forever: No climate justice without Palestinian freedom and self‑determination
Climate crisis in Palestine cannot be detached from the Israeli occupation. The brutal and extensively documented apartheid regime that Israel imposes and maintains over Palestinians is …
Global Systems & Policy
Less War, Less Warming: A Reparative Approach to US and UK Military Ecological Damages
The US and UK militaries are two of the institutions most responsible for climate crisis in the world. Only a reparative approach can begin to account …
Global Systems & Policy
We Choose Now: Gulf to Appalachia Climate Action Strategy
At this moment, the United States is advancing sweeping federal actions that could fund critical climate solutions or sink us further towards climate disaster. However, the …
Global Systems & Policy
Blended Finance
Blended finance has become a dominant paradigm in development and environmental finance over the last 15 years. The main idea is that scarce public resources will …
Global Systems & Policy
Green Bonds
Green Bonds have been promoted as a financial tool for development banks and countries across the Global South to access money for climate action. But as …
Global Systems & Policy
