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22 March 2023

COP28 talks are off to a rough start

International climate negotiators are divided over key elements of a United Nations fund they’re creating to distribute financial resources from richer nations to low-income countries impacted by climate change.

21 March 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just launched its latest report on the climate crisis

The AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 finds that, despite progress in policies and legislation around climate mitigation since the previous such report in 2014, it's "likely that warming will exceed 1.5°C during the 21st century". Limiting warming to "well below 2°C", by 2030, as per the Paris Agreement targets, will be hard to achieve, but avoiding 1.5°C is still possible.

14 March 2023

Zero-impact technologies

Clean tech moves between 2,500 and 3 trillion euros globally. At the moment, most of these technologies are still far more expensive than their fossil alternatives, as shown by the recent study by the World Economic Forum and BCG "Winning in Green Markets: Scaling Products for a Net Zero World". While pioneering green markets involves taking a risk, it is likely to pay off as untapped markets emerge and are willing to pay more for sustainable products.

17 October 2022

Hopes that after Congress Xi Jinping will ease his controversial zero-Covid policy are fading

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened. "China must accelerate the creation of a new development model and pursue high-quality development," Xi Jinping said. Luxury executives around the world will keep an eye on China this weekend for an update on its zero-Covid policy, which has devastated supply chains and forced store closures throughout 2022.

11 April 2022

Shanghai Lockdown Tests China's Zero Covid Policy

Aspen Security Forum Executive Director Anja Manuel joins Emily Chang to discuss the impact of China's lockdowns on its population, its economy, and its tech competitiveness, and how U.S./China relations will evolve as the war in Ukraine rages on. [Shanghai Lockdown Tests China's Zero Covid Policy -Bloomberg]

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