The climate change debate is pretty much settled, except for those individuals who have a financial interest in hydrocarbons. But getting accurate data on a global scale is admittedly very difficult. A new study suggests that the CO2 emissions from China have been significantly understated over the years, due to poor reporting at the local level. But a 20% underestimate is significant. It may be the case that the world is already past the tipping point toward a new climate.
Talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency yielded no tangible progress. The main issue in these talks concerned IAEA access to one of the nuclear facilities. Access to the Parchin facility is not required by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but members of the UN Security Council believe that the facility is being used to test explosive devices that may be used in a nuclear warhead. I doubt that the end of negotiations will trigger any immediate action, but the upcoming June meeting in Moscow will unquestionably be a turning point.
Many countries have recently experienced economic slowdowns: Brazil. India, and China. In one of these cases, however, the cause of the slowdown seems to be profoundly political and not economic. The Economist analyzes the slowdown in India and places the blame squarely on the governance system.
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