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Many middle-income states face a fragile recovery

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The G20 summit pledged vaccine equity to help low-and-middle-income nations, but not broader economic commitments

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

International fossil fuel subsidies will weigh heavily

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In 2022, direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies cost USD7tn (7.1% of global GDP)

Many developing nations risk missing climate targets

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The IEA says that energy spending needs to more than double, and to surge in developing nations, to meet climate goals

Coal use will be a source of global climate tensions

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INTERNATIONAL

The Glasgow Climate Pact is the first climate deal explicitly to address coal reduction, but that has been overshadowed

Global cities to forge new climate governance system

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

Global humanitarian financing faces growing crisis

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INTERNATIONAL

Amid rapidly expanding levels of need, humanitarian financing is not keeping pace

US foreign policy uncertainty abounds

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INTERNATIONAL

The realities of office will quickly force President-elect Donald Trump to abandon the vagueness of the campaign trail

A China crisis is bigger systemic threat than markets

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China’s influence on the global real economy is a bigger risk than events in fragile Italy, Turkey and Argentina

Sahel-Sahara governance is key to migratory flows

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MENA

Corruption, ineffective institutions and economic neglect feed off and facilitate migration in a vicious circle