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Geoeconomic fragmentation will reduce long-term growth

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INT

Several studies estimate the global cost of geoeconomic confrontation, which is newly in the top three WEF global risks

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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INT

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

Water demands of AI will elicit rising scrutiny

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INT

Research into AI's ‘thirst’ for fresh water is proliferating

Common global water pricing policy a long way off

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INTL

Growing usage and pricing transparency will be critical if metropolitan pricing is to begin to align

Changing diets challenge sustainable global growth

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INT

Emerging markets are eating more animal based products; the shift has vast implications for trade and the environment

Ukraine crisis will have mixed impact on Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

The rise in global food and fuel prices and fertiliser shortages will hit the region hard, but a few may yet benefit

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

High food and metals prices will outlast the conflict

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INT

Russia accounts for 1.7% of world GDP but a sizeable share of supplies of fertiliser, fuels and some foods and metals

US and Canadian oil producers face bleak 2016

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US/CANADA

Sectoral pressures have acute regional and political implications