Polanyi’s view in Anthropocene times
Reading Polanyi in times of climate emergency implies focusing the analysis on nature and the place of the market in solving the climate challenge or reversing biodiversity loss.
Latin America: from crisis to polycrisis
If economic history has been marked by the irruption of natural catastrophes and economic risks, the distinctive feature of the Anthropocene is human’s responsibility for the amplification of these risks.
Climate change and sustainable development: narrative and altruism
In climate subjects, despite the fact that scientific knowledge is resounding, some insist on alternative narratives.
Only politics will slow climate change
A recent report by the World Meteorological Organization highlights that greenhouse gases have reached record levels, which is translating into serious consequences for the planet.
How about taxing oil company profits to finance energy transition?
The energy transition requires financing and there are different instruments that could be used to self-finance it. One of them is windfall profits taxes.
Let’s leave oil in the ground, let’s transform institutions instead
The arrival of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to government in Colombia has come as a shock to many, including leftist governments, that think of development based on extractivism.
The impact of climate change on global inflation
If the inflation unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic was considered transitory, the inflationary pressure that is now being detected is evidence of a structural nature. The world economy is entering a new stage, one of higher inflation.
The ephemerality of a promise: green financing
Co-author Francisco E. Castañeda
Latin America’s “green hope” was associated with the arrival of capital flows. Several leaders returned from Glasgow convinced of the power of the market to accelerate the energy transition. However, this optimism has been diluted in the face of new global constraints.
When tragedy covers the urgent
A few days after the IPCC report was issued, once again announcing the extreme situation in which the planet finds itself, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. A conflict largely marked by the geopolitics of oil and which will mean a reversal of progress in the short term.
Offshore exploitation is not the solution for Argentina
The government is unaware of the stranded asset problem associated with the pace of the global energy transition and the resulting loss of value of industry assets and associated infrastructure.