On December 1, India assumed the presidency of the G20. It is not exactly a propitious time to take on the role. A global economic slowdown is coming. The war in Ukraine continues to upend energy, foo ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-14
Despite containing 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent estimates, food imports are the biggest budget item for ma ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-13
As climate chaos threatens the Global North and the lifestyles of the world’s richest people, we might expect to hear elites demand a rapid exit from reliance on fossil fuels. Instead, a controversial ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-13
The World Economic Forum estimates that clothing production has roughly doubled over the past 20 years, with people buying 60% more clothing in 2014 than in 2000, but keeping them for only half as lon ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-13
The dust has now settled after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, but there are still many unanswered questions about how to finance emissions reductions and adaptation. Th ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-12
In this timeless classic that doesn’t age (just like the diva behind it), Mariah Carey belts, “I don't want a lot for Christmas… There is just one thing I need”. For thousands, if not millions of Hong ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-12
Central banks’ unwavering determination to increase interest rates is truly remarkable. In the name of taming inflation, they have deliberately set themselves on a path to cause a recession – or to wo ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-12
The year 2023 is likely to have its share of economic turbulence, but from an asset price perspective it should be materially better than 2022. Events over the last 12 months have heightened our convi ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-09
In his narration for the Netflix series Our Great National Parks, former US President Barack Obama describes a sloth as harboring “an entire micro-kingdom” in his fur. “Researching him will help fight ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-09
When I heard that the government had not extended Timothy Owen KC’s visa, Elvis Presley’s version of “Are you lonesome tonight?” began to course through my brain. The saga of the English silk’s applic ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-09
The Earth’s biodiversity and the services provided by healthy ecosystems are under massive pressure from climate change and the challenge of supporting eight billion people in a sustainable way. Key e ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
Count on the International Federation of Association Football, better known as FIFA, to come up with a fatuous slogan for the World Cup in Qatar: “Football Unites the World.” An official promotional v ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh offered encouraging but insufficient signs of an emerging political consensus on the need for global solidarity in the fa ...More
EJ Insight2022-12-08
