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Interoperability or Fragmentation? The next test for border carbon adjustments

A multitude of different systems for measuring, reporting, and verifying embedded emissions at the border would be a nightmare scenario. Aaron Cosbey explores options for making border carbon adjustment regimes work together.

Policy Analysis

October 29, 2025

How Border Carbon Adjustments Can Safeguard the Interests of Developing Countries

Border carbon adjustments raise tough questions about their impact on developing economies. Ieva Baršauskaitė and Antoine Bonnet explore how to make them a driver of a fair and inclusive transition.

Policy Analysis

October 23, 2025

The ASEAN Members' Response to Trump's Liberation Day

Poppy S. Winanti analyzes ASEAN countries' pragmatic responses to U.S. tariffs, highlighting negotiation, regional cohesion, and market diversification as key strategies to manage risks and strengthen resilience.

Policy Analysis

July 28, 2025

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The ASEAN Members' Response to Trump's Liberation Day

Poppy S. Winanti analyzes ASEAN countries' pragmatic responses to U.S. tariffs, highlighting negotiation, regional cohesion, and market diversification as key strategies to manage risks and strengthen resilience.
Policy Analysis July 28, 2025

MENA at the Crossroads

Yara Aziz explores how MENA's seemingly low direct exposure to U.S. tariffs conceals deeper risks from global trade disruptions, energy market instability, and geopolitical tensions that could challenge the region’s traditional non-alignment amid rising U.S.–China competition.
Policy Analysis July 28, 2025

How Africa Is Responding to U.S. Tariff Policies

Kholofelo Kugler and Tani Washington explore how African countries are responding to a new U.S. tariff regime, highlighting uneven economic impacts and calling for a coordinated continental strategy to protect trade and integration goals.
Policy Analysis July 28, 2025

Why Gender Matters for Adaptation Indicators

Under the UAE-Belém work programme, nominated experts have been working to develop a set of indicators to help track progress in climate change adaptation. Experts review the "long shortlist" of indicators and analyze how well gender responsiveness has been integrated.
Policy Analysis June 12, 2025

Legally Sound Oil and Gas Phase-Outs

To combat climate change, the world needs to start phasing out fossil fuel production. But what if investors sue? Investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims allow fossil fuel companies to sue governments over phase-out policies, presenting a barrier to climate action. A recent IISD report offers guidance on how to approach fossil fuel phase-outs amid ISDS risks.
Policy Analysis May 22, 2025
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