How China’s green finance slowdown threatens global climate ambitions Mathias Lund Larsen, SCMP | Growth in China’s green financing, even for its much-touted green bonds, appears to be stalling, as environme...
China’s top diplomat says Beijing seeks to U.S. to join forces on new energy and new technologies Amber Wang, SCMP | Politburo member Yang Jiechi says China puts itself forward to help writing new global rules. China has talked up the ...
Three Tensions in Biden’s International Economic Policy Matthew P. Goodman, CSIS| With strategic perspective and process discipline, the Biden administration should be able to reconcile the thr...
Kenya emerges as leader on plastic pollution Newroom, ModernDiplomacy | Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East...
Can big data help protect the planet MD Staff, Modern Diplomacy | How do we get to a more sustainable and inclusive future if we don’t know where we are? This is where data c...
US says it is willing to sit down for talks with Iran and other nations on nuclear deal Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN | In a significant move to jumpstart diplomacy, the Biden administration said th...
Digital diplomacy in the era of Covid-19 Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, The Swissinfo | While International Geneva continued to host face-to-face peace talks for war-torn countries like ...
Insights on China’s 2021 White Paper on International Development Cooperation Anthea Mulakala & Ji Hongbo, The Asia Foundation| On January 10, the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China r...
Norway, the UK and Canada are not climate champions. They are climate hypocrites Ivana Kottasová, CNN| Much of the environmental innovation that Norway is so proud of is financed by its oil money. Because Norway, apart...
Egypt plans reopening of Libya embassy shut since 2014 Reuters | Egypt is planning to reopen its embassy in Libya’s capital for the first time in six years, according to Egyptian sources and L...