By Brahima Coulibaly, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Vera Songwe WASHINGTON, DC — As summer winds down, another wave of COVID-19 infections looms.

By Landry Signé, Mark Esposito, and Sanjeev Khagram WASHINGTON, DC — Pandemic lockdowns, digitalisation and the acceleration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are all driving a shift in global governance.

By Kemal Derviş and Sebastián StraussWASHINGTON, DC — As the United Nations General Assembly gathers in New York City for its 75th session, which will open with a high-level meeting focused on “reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism”, the United States is engulf

By Peter Singer and Joanna Masel MELBOURNE/TUCSON — When COVID-19 first appeared, strict quarantine requirements and short, tight lockdowns would have been a small price to pay to keep it at bay.

By Maria Ramos and Achim Steiner JOHANNESBURG/NEW YORK — Today’s unprecedented COVID-19 crisis has prompted billions of people to work, socialise, and consume digitally.

By Masood Ahmed and Mauricio CárdenasWASHINGTON, DC — The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on middle-income countries (MICs). With the exception of the United States, the ten countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases to date are all MICs.

By Durwood Zaelke and Mario Molina SANTA BARBARA/SAN DIEGO – The ironies of climate change are often cruel. In our warming world, for example, the demand for air conditioning (AC) and refrigeration is exploding, especially in developing countries.

By Ian Goldin and Robert MuggahLONDON — No city has escaped the deadly spread of COVID-19. But the virus has had a profoundly uneven impact on different groups of people, even within the same city.

By Juan Manuel Santos and Sabina AlkireOXFORD — Today’s pandemic-induced humanitarian and economic crisis represents an unprecedented opportunity to go beyond emergency responses and address our economies’ structural flaws.