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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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September 6, 2018
Human Rights
Human Rights Safeguards Take a Backseat in New Global Economics Institutions
As states struggle to balance commercial interests with the promotion of human rights, social safeguards in trade and loan agreements—often included at the insistence of Western countries—are increas…
January 2, 2018
U.S. Foreign Policy
The Sovereignty Wars
Teaching Notes for The Sovereignty Wars written by CFR Senior Fellow and Director Stewart M. Patrick.
January 13, 2005
Emerging Markets
The Paris Club and Indonesia
An extremely esoteric topic: Paris Club comparability.When the Paris Club grants debt relief to a country like Iraq, it typically requires that the country seek "comparable" debt relief from its othe…
February 2, 2009
Capital Flows
New York State and the Global Financial Crisis
Watch New York Governor David A. Paterson discuss the proposed federal stimulus package and the need for policymakers to work with private financial institutions to create innovate solutions to the e…
April 3, 2014
Energy and Environment
The Potential of Clean Cookstoves
For decades, global health experts have recognized that smoke from indoor cooking is a major contributor to premature death. Yet, in poor countries around the world, some 3 billion people still rely…
February 12, 2018
Intelligence
The Intelligence Collection Implications of the CLOUD Act
The CLOUD Act is supposed to help foreign law enforcement investigate crime. It could also help foreign countries spy on each other.
