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Blog Post
December 14, 2022
In this blog, we briefly summarise six worrying trends in how climate finance is being spent, and recommend the GPEDC set up a working group on climate finance, alongside three other recommendations for policy-makers at bilateral and multilateral development agencies; as well as those working on the...
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December 13, 2022
In this bonus episode of Lagos to Mombasa, Gyude invites two experts who were on the ground in Sharm El Sheikh for COP27—the UN’s annual conference on climate—to report back with their observations and takeaways: Faten Aggad of the African Climate Foundation and Ian Mitchell of CGD. Together they di...
Blog Post
December 08, 2022
The world desperately needs new antibiotics—and finally, the G7 is ready match commitments with action. We already found that the US would pay $17.9 billion over 30 years but save 383,000 American lives and harvest $495 billion in value. What would be the benefits to other members of the G7, and who...
Blog Post
November 28, 2022
Building on the success of Operation Warp Speed, the US should deepen its engagement and ambition in global health R&D to drive transformative improvements in global health outcomes and security. Specifically, it should consider a subscription model for new antimicrobials; an advance market commitme...
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November 15, 2022
Congress has excellent legislation on the docket that would protect American citizens, yield huge returns, and create a safer, healthier world. We encourage the US Congress to urgently finance and authorize the PASTEUR Act, leveraging American ingenuity to boost our shared health future.