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Global cities to forge new climate governance system

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INT

City leaders are proving to be more receptive to ambitious carbon emission cuts than their national counterparts

Dubai’s tourism ambitions will squeeze hotels further

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gearing up for next year’s World Expo and its target of 20 million visitors, Dubai plans a 40% increase in hotel rooms

Russia's low real incomes present insoluble challenge

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RUSSIA

Incomes have fallen in real terms for the fifth year in a row

COVID-19 crisis complicates nations’ climate financing

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INT

Leaders will consider how to fund and reduce the costs of climate change with COVID-19 crisis costs still looming large

Asia’s coal embrace will imperil climate targets

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INT

More than renewables, coal has met increasing Asian energy demand since 2000, with domestic production rising sharply

Internet costs impede digital inclusion

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INTERNATIONAL

Internet costs have fallen across the 55 low and middle-income countries that are home to 6.4 billion people

Italy’s fragility is Europe’s biggest risk into 2018

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ITALY

Elections must be held by May 2018, against a backdrop of subdued growth prospects, indebted banks and rising refugees

India's energy demand set to soar by 2040

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INDIA

India's demand growth is likely to outpace that of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa by 2040

Ambitious plans set China's course to 2049

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CHINA

Long-term goals shape thinking of current policymakers in and outside China despite vulnerability to 'black swans'

Mozambican northern crises set to escalate

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MOZAMBIQUE

A northern insurgency is worsening alongside various humanitarian crises