In their own interest, “coalitions of the willing” of industrialised countries should now step up climate finance for developing countries. The aim: to make their climate commitments, which must be updated in 2025 according to the Paris Agreement, as ambitious as possible. Proven CO₂ reductions in the Global South should be rewarded with massive public grants – which would be highly profitable for donor countries due to avoided climate damage. This is the message of an article published today in the top journal Nature, co-authored by Ottmar Edenhofer and Johan Rockström, scientific directors of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

About The Study: In this prospective cohort study among participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, food insecurity was associated with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) even after adjustment for socioeconomic factors, suggesting that food insecurity may be an important social deprivation measure in clinical assessment of CVD risk. Whether interventions to reduce food insecurity programs can potentially alleviate CVD should be further studied. 

A new study published in the Journal of Financial Economics examines the effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on U.S. multinational corporations. James F. Albertus and Brent Glover of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, along with Oliver Levine of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business analyzed how the TCJA, which made almost $1.7 trillion in previously inaccessible international funds available, impacted corporate behavior.

EU citizens’ trust in the European Union has not been steadily increasing as hoped, as a result of past crises, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.  

A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute reveals the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on new physicians, highlighting significant shifts in their job market perceptions, compensation trends, and practice location choices.