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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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June 24, 2009
Elections and Voting
Reform and Women’s Rights Movements Intertwined in Iran
Following the 2009 disputed Iran presidential election, CFR’s Isobel Coleman, a leading expert on women’s issues, says that if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory stands, "you’ll see a much more restricted…
December 20, 2013
Development
International Development in 2014
Looking back at 2013, several developments stand out for their significant potential to better the lives of the world’s poorest. Here are three that will likely reverberate for years to come: 1) The…
October 10, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mo Ibrahim on Africa’s Growth
Earlier this week, we hosted Mo Ibrahim, the global telecom magnate and founder and chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ibrahim spoke intelligently about Africa’s…
October 4, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s Arrested Development
Last month, I wrote about the economic and social reforms that have boosted Africa’s growth, and the challenges the region still faces going forward. This week, David Smith of The Guardian wrote on a…
September 20, 2013
Energy and Environment
What Africa Needs to Succeed
In the early 2000s, Africa’s future seemed grim. The Economist’s May 13, 2000 cover declared “Africa: The Hopeless Continent.” But over a decade later, when The Economist again devoted a feature stor…
