The Climate Crisis and the US War Machine
Warmaking, and the industries that supply and profit from it, fuels the climate crisis. Only a reparative approach can begin to reverse militarization and environmental breakdown. …
Global Systems & Policy Archive
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Seize the Future
The polycrisis is wreaking economic insecurity, mass death and genocide, climate disasters, and other kinds of instability on working people worldwide. Progressives must put forward policies …
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 …
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 …
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 …
