Jobs for African Youth, Bringing Grassroots Urgency to Climate Summits, and More

December 18, 2019

To absorb youth entering the labor market, Africa must create 12 to 15 million jobs annually. New research from the Africa Growth Initiative explores how industries like tourism, horticulture, and information technology can help address the continent’s youth unemployment challenge.

Despite intense public drive to address climate change, the COP25 summit ended last week without much substance to deliver. William Burke-White explains why the summit ultimately did not reach ambitious goals and what can be done to avoid that in future climate summits.

“Admitting—unambiguously—that exiting the euro would be disastrous should be the first and most crucial step for whoever aims to lead Italy.” Carlo Bastasin explains how uncertainty over whether Italy will remain in the euro is exacerbating economic problems for the country.

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