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Discipline: Political Economy

Making Autonomous Sustainable Trade Regulations Work for Everyone

How can we mitigate the negative effects of unilateral trade policies so that they do not trigger negative feedback effects and undermine future climate action?
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The first Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement. A Success Story for the UNFCCC and beyond?

How central were discourses around science and equity throughout the GST process and how diverse were they?
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CONECTA: Building Local Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

What are the strategies employed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and other international funding agencies to enhance local capacity in the Andean region?
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Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: Improving Data to Prevent Debt Crises

What would it take to design safer sovereign debt mechanisms?
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Fire Regimes and Ecosystem Services in African Biodiversity Hotspots: Can Fire Policies Favoring Climate Change Mitigation, Biodiversity and Local Communities Converge?

Which are the best-balanced fire management policies?
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Power-Sharing for Peace? Between Adoptability and Durability in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

How are power-sharing agreements adopted and what implementation challenges impede their functioning?
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Democracy and Redistribution in the Global South: From Fear to Policy

Can violent conflict caused by inequality motivate those in power to reduce income and asset disparities?
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Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition

How does the role of lithium in the emerging energy regime challenge or reproduce unequal relations between producer and consumer regions, and can it pave the way for a sustainable and just energy transition?
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What Explains Ambitious Climate Policy? Comparing Updated Climate Targets and Covid-19 Recovery Packages and Their Drivers

Which political and economic drivers can explain country differences in climate ambition between NDCs and recovery packages, and how correlated they are?
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Deliberative Quality in Trade-Related International Organisations

How could the concept of Deliberative Quality help improve the conditions under which decisions are made, and could it serve to develop better processes and outcomes in trade-related organizations?
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