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Forward-thinking climate action can be an economic boon, write President Felipe Calderón and President Ricardo Lagos in The Economist.
We must set course to a low-carbon future if we are to avoid the immense risks of climate change, write Ángel Gurría, Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Lord Nicholas Stern in CNN.
Today’s innovations also remind us that the best responses to climate change are those that address people’s daily needs, including, in the African urban context, creating the type of jobs that local unemployed people can fill, write Trevor Manuel and President Felipe Calderón in Project Syndicate.
It is becoming clear that renewables and enhanced energy efficiency, not fossil fuels, will be the solutions to energy poverty, writes Helen Mountford in The Huffington Post.
With smarter anti-poverty and energy-access measures and a focus on sustainable finance, the future for Africa and the rest of the developing world can be bright, in more ways than one, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in The New York Times.
"Mayors don't have to choose between fighting climate change and creating a better economic future for their citizens. They are doing both - and so, too, should national governments around the world," write Michael Bloomberg, Eduardo Paes and Annise Parker in Houston Chronicle.