By Ken Ofori-Atta and Axel van TrotsenburgNAIROBI — Amid an escalating climate emergency and a global debt crisis, calls for a new “fit for climate” global financial architecture are growing louder throughout the developing world.

By Azali Assoumani, Emmanuel Macron, and Bola TinubuPARIS — At the end of June, a historic summit on international solidarity concluded the Paris Agenda for People and the Planet.

By Mahmoud Mohieldin, Bogolo Kenewendo and Reuben WambuiCAIRO/GABORONE — Climate finance is inefficient, insufficient and unfair. With debt levels and borrowing costs soaring, climate action must be funded through more equity investments and concessional financing.

By Jordan Kyle and Kwaw AndamWASHINGTON, DC/ABUJA — In his inauguration speech in May, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced the end of the country’s decades-old fuel subsidy.

By Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng HONG KONG — US President Joe Biden’s recent executive order restricting American investments in Chinese semiconductors, microelectronics, quantum information technology and artificial intelligence marks another escalation in the Sino-American te

By Masyita Crystallin and Marthe M. HinojalesJAKARTA/SINGAPORE — Asian countries’ ability to thrive in the world economy over the next few decades hinges on their capacity to sustain their competitive advantages through continuous innovation.

By Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Simon ZadekGENEVA — The global economy is addicted to the relentless, and unsustainable, extraction of natural resources.

By Ibrahim Assane Mayaki and Daouda SembeneJOHANNESBURG — With a growing chorus of voices calling for the African Union’s (AU) admission to the G-20, that outcome looks increasingly likely.

By Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and Austin Lentsch BOSTON — Artificial intelligence (AI) is big business’s new flavour of the month.