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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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Reparative Fiscal Justice for Caribbean Climate Action
The intertwined challenges of climate and fiscal crises are devastating the ecologies and economies of countries around the world. This is felt most acutely in the …
Global Systems & Policy
Restoring trust at COP29
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) will begin in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11, 2024. 197 countries and the EU will meet to “significantly enhance …
Global Systems & Policy
Briefing Note for UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 –Financial resources, debt and tax
The 16th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity kicks off in Cali, Colombia this week. While virtually all nations agree that much …
Global Systems & Policy
Evidence Brief: The World of Public Banks
The world of public banks is experiencing a renaissance. Public banks helped to stabilize economies in the wake of the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Public banks …
Global Systems & Policy
Evidence Brief: Public Banks 101
Public banks of one type or another exist practically everywhere on earth. There too is nothing new about public banks. However, since the 2008-09 global financial …
Global Systems & Policy
Seize the Future
The polycrisis is wreaking economic insecurity, mass death and genocide, climate disasters, and other kinds of instability on working people worldwide. Winning durable change requires a …
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
