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Does a high-income Gulf monarchy represent the “global south”? Sultan Ahemd Al Jabar of the United Arab Emirates serving as president of the Dubai climate summit in December.

Global governance

In world affairs, “person of colour” is a misleading term

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by Hans Dembowski
The building known as Usindiso Shelter after the deadly fire in August.

Urban housing

“A story of abandonment”

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by Nomzamo Zondo
by Eva Dick
Their personal carbon footprints are certainly larger than the 13 tons Russians and the 8.9 tons the Chinese emit annually on average: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing in October.

Climate negotiations

Once again, climate-summit results are “too little, too late”

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by Hans Dembowski
World Bank President Ajay Banga speaking at the financial institution’s annual meeting in Marrakesh in October.

Our View

Close funding gaps

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by Jörg Döbereiner
President Lula da Silva at this year’s G20 summit in New Delhi.

G20

Social presidency in difficult times

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by Luiz Ramalho
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then Sri Lanka’s president, with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo in early 2022.

Global Governance

Why “global south” is not a useful term

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by Hans Dembowski
The Agbogbloshie landfill in Ghana provides income for many people.

Waste exports

The rich countries practice waste colonialism

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by Michael Jedelhauser
Chinese loans have facilitated infrastructure projects: passenger on the Lahore metro.

Sovereign debt

Why Pakistan’s economy is in deep crisis

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by Sundus Saleemi
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Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, with Xi Jinping, China’s president, in Beijing in November 2022.

Political jargon

Why “global south” is not a useful term

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by Hans Dembowski
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