The latest climate COP, or “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,” got underway today in Dubai. It will be attended by thousands of delegates from governments, the private sector, media, and civil society, with two hectic weeks of events and negotiat...

When negotiators gather at COP28, climate finance and a new goal for 2025 onwards will be high up on the agenda. Developing countries would be wise to push for a combined climate and development finance goal.

For 20 years, the Commitment to Development Index has assessed countries' policies and the level of effort they go to in order to contribute to international development. Because development depends on much more than foreign aid, the Index looks at countries’ performance across eight different polic...

The authors of this blog will be backing England at the World Cup. But if your team isn’t at the World Cup, or if one were to support a team altruistically—which team’s victory might produce the largest total amount of happiness?