By Mo Ibrahim, Kevin Watkins and Mary RobinsonLONDON — With the global trading system under severe pressure, international cooperation to strengthen a rules-based order is vital.

By Lars Heikensten, Marcia McNutt and Johan RockströmSTOCKHOLM — The announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize laureates should remind us of the many contributions basic science has made to contemporary life.

By Mario Molina and Durwood ZaelkeSAN DIEGO — It is hard to imagine more devastating effects of climate change than the fires that have been raging in California, Oregon, and Washington, or the procession of hurricanes that have approached, and, at times, ravaged, the Gulf Coast.

By Erin Billman and Eva ZabeyGENEVA — The latest edition of the United Nations’ Global Biodiversity Outlook, published by the Convention on Biological Diversity, makes for bleak reading.

NEW HAVEN — With the departure of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, one of the biggest questions facing his successor, Yoshihide Suga, is what to do about Abe’s signature economic-policy plan.To be sure, Suga, who long served as Abe’s chief Cabinet secretary, ha

By Mary Fitzgerald and Peter Geoghegan LONDON — In late September, English schoolchildren were sent home with a letter from Public Health England, the official body in charge of dealing with the pandemic.

By Pamela Coke-HamiltonGENEVA – Like farmers planning the following season’s crop, we must now sow the seeds of the post-pandemic future we want.

By Landry Signe and Ameenah Gurb-FakimWASHINGTON, DC/PORT LOUIS – The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected developed and developing countries alike, despite vast disparities in initial response capacities.

By Mariana Mazzucato, Reda Cherif and Fuad HasanovLONDON — Research to develop a safe, effective and widely available COVID-19 vaccine is advancing rapidly. But when it will happen is not clear. Much depends on how we govern the production and distribution of new drugs.