January 2026
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Green Budgeting and SDG 13: Aligning Climate Ambition with Public Finance
Imagine a government pledging billions to save the planet while simultaneously spending even more to subsidize the very fossil fuels accelerating climate change. For decades, national budgets have operated like a fiscal “black box,” where high-level climate commitments and spending decisions rarely align. Governments speak the language of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goal…
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Volatile Beauty: Riding the Highs and Lows of the Silver
A metal that is now present everywhere, from solar panels to circuits, from water purifiers to medical devices, from investments to jewellery. An element of elegance is oftentimes outshone by its sibling, the element of luxury. The lunar caustic, whose value was stripped down after its demonetization in 1873, is making a comeback, and it…
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Chile’s Long-Term Climate Policy Design Covering SDG 13
Chile is extremely susceptible to climate change due to its geography that extends to the north into the Atacama Desert and to the south into glaciers. An increase in temperatures, a mega-drought that lasted ten years, and massive wildfires that consumed more than 430,000 hectares in 2023 have strained water systems, energy provision and human…
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ReFuelEU Aviation: How Europe’s SAF Mandate Is Rewriting Airline Strategy
Europe has finally decided that using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is no longer a niche experiment and should become a legal requirement. Under the new ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, this initiative is part of the EU’s “Fit for 55” package, aiming to significantly reduce the aviation sector’s greenhouse gas emissions to meet climate targets. In this,…
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What is the Impact of AI bots on market volatility?
What AI bots promise today almost sound like utopia, personalized strategies, increased efficiency and enhanced risk management. But behind all this efficiency lies a certain fragility. AI bots has changed the way people trade in the stock market. Instead of humans placing every trade, computers now use special programs to buy and sell stocks very…
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The Fragmentation Trap: Structural Reforms for India’s Agricultural Future
Agriculture is more than just an economic sector, but rather a socio-economic sector creating livelihood for almost half of India’s population. India’s target to achieve a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by the end of 2047, will depend on the transformation of the agricultural sector which is riddled with inefficiencies, stagnation and the structural challenges which have hampered…