How Russia’s vaccine diplomacy echoes the Soviet-era smallpox initiativeMedia | 4 December 2020 | New Statesman Find out more
G20 coal subsidies: RussiaResearch reports and studies | June 2019 | Ivetta Gerasimchuk and Leo RobertsThis country study tracks Russia's progress in phasing out subsidies to the production and consumption of coal in 2016 and 2017. Downloads
Tracking G20 coal subsidiesInfographic | June 2019In 2009, G20 governments pledged to phase out fossil fuel subsidies but a decade on they still provide billions of dollars of support to coal alone. Find out more
G20 coal subsidies: tracking government support to a fading industryResearch reports and studies | June 2019 | Ipek Gencsu, Shelagh Whitley, Leo Roberts, Christopher Beaton, Han Chen, Alex Doukas, Anna Geddes, Ivetta Gerasimchuk, Lourdes Sanchez and Anissa SuharsonoThis research tracks each G20 country’s progress in phasing out subsidies to the production and consumption of coal. Downloads
With no political solution to Ukraine’s conflict in sight, its civilians need aid nowComment | 6 February 2017 | Veronique BarbeletAs the fighting in Ukraine intensifies, the country is now on a brink of yet another humanitarian catastrophe. Governments need to press for humanitarian access urgently. Read and comment
G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: RussiaResearch reports and studies | November 2015 | Iuliia Ogarenko, Ken Bossong, Ivetta Gerasimchuk, Sam Pickard and Shelagh WhitleyThis country study compiles publicly available information on fossil fuel production subsidies in Russia in 2013 and 2014. Downloads
G20 support to fossil fuel production: who are the leaders and the laggards?Comment | 12 November 2015 | Elizabeth Bast, Ivetta Gerasimchuk and Shelagh WhitleyWhat are the most encouraging stories of G20 reform to fossil fuel production subsidies – and the most frustrating? Read and comment
The evolving humanitarian system: a truly global approach?Public event | 4 December 2014 18:30 - 19:30 GMT+00The 3rd HPG Annual Lecture will be delivered by Alexander Alimov of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Addressing the shifts taking place in the humanitarian landscape, with reference to Russia’s... Watch
BRICS development bank, too good to be true? Comment | 6 August 2014 | Zhenbo HouThe willingness and increasing capability of the BRICS, at last, is providing a form of global public good in development finance at a time when many of the global economic governance negotiations are in jeopardy. Read and comment
Will the BRICS provide the Global Public Goods the world needs? Research reports and studies | June 2014 | Zhenbo Hou, Jodie Keane and Dirk Willem te VeldeThis report examines the role of BRICS and other groupings in providing global public goods in the future. Download