Rather than bans and unilateral policy declarations, the EU should find ways to work that enhance existing ties with Nigeria, Malaysia and other Commonwealth countries, writes Dayo Israel.
https://t.co/jMvA8e4nVw
Covid-19 will likely transform food security in Europe as it transformed our health security, only this time we can choose to be better prepared. Russia's dominance over Europe's energy market must not pave way for its control over the food market.
https://t.co/joqj0w4T1e
With the EU's food security now at stake as Russia opens up a new front in global trade wars, the only viable approach is for the EU to lead on negotiation, dialogue and compromise to cement new food trade relationships, says Theodore Karasik.
https://t.co/nT5olnGkn4
Interesting read by Vinod Sekhar on how Germany’s private sector lobbied to tie COVID-19 aid to climate action. Unless other European companies will follow, decades of climate progress could be undone.
https://t.co/UAMdR6yysI
The embracing of social capitalism - the true capitalism - by a world-class German private sector is pointing the way to the only viable future. It’s time for global industry to follow this example, Vinod Sekhar says.
https://t.co/ivXf3Pnjfn
For the first time in history, U.S. oil prices have dropped below zero. The crisis goes much deeper than the novel coronavirus, exposing deep-seated structural vulnerabilities in our fossil fuel-dependent economic system.
https://t.co/iSTlbw8WxU
We need to accelerate the transition to a more decentralized, renewable energy supply system. There is no time to lose in building a new, post-carbon industrial revolution, Nafeez Ahmed warns.
https://t.co/s5OEvIdppd
The current collapse of oil markets signals that we have reached a new civilizational inflection point. The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing us to leave the fossil fuel era behind us.
https://t.co/7ARdhEwZm7
If debt repayments across the world are not suspended, Africa’s debt burden will cause COVID-19 to kill millions. Addressing this crisis requires a new global partnership, says Dayo Israel.
https://t.co/RgQU3nutGW
Trade war is brewing between the EU and ASEAN. One that will impact millions of lives in a global economy that is already on the ropes given the impact of the Coronavirus. We must bury protectionism and trade wars in the interest of global recovery. https://t.co/UlahaYFVPz
In light of Coronavirus, the EU must suspend its proposed palm oil ban – for the sake of its own economy and millions of Malaysia’s poorest, argues Youssef Kobo. https://t.co/8VqLxBEIxG