Tharman Shanmugaratnam

@Tharman_S

President, Singapore; Chair, Board of the Group of 30; CoChair, World Bank High Level Advisory Council on Jobs; CoChair, Global Comm’n on Economics of Water.

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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
@Tharman_S
Apr 6, 2025
1/3 Today’s global disorder will likely last. We have to build for the future. Strengthen partnerships for mutual prosperity among like-minded nations, rich and poor.
India’s other, little-known infrastructure revolution
From economist.com
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
@Tharman_S
Nov 8, 2024
Wetlands and forests, which store huge amounts of carbon, rely on stable water cycles and thriving biodiversity to function. Without urgent, collective action, the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and the water crisis will only intensify.
Project Syndicate
@ProSyn
Nov 8, 2024
Important but meager decisions at @COP16Oficial could serve as a smokescreen for global inaction in the face of biodiversity loss, warn @MazzucatoM and @jrockstrom. bit.ly/3UI25D0
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
@Tharman_S
Apr 5, 2024
Dietary shifts - most especially away from beef - are a classic case of how we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions without a loss in living standards. No loss of nutrition - and on the contrary healthier diets and longer lives.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
@PIK_Climate
Mar 28, 2024
Food matters: A global shift to a healthier, more sustainable diet could be a huge lever to limit global warming to 1.5°C, PIK researchers find. Results of the new study @ScienceAdvances indicate that a shift in diets could make a considerable difference: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
@Tharman_S
Mar 5, 2024
Rivers, lakes, and wetlands cover the landscape but over 97 percent of the world’s freshwater resources lie beneath the ground. The human and economic costs of polluting groundwater are large and growing. Can no longer be ignored.
World Bank Water
@WorldBankWater
Mar 5, 2024
Surface water pollution is aggressive, but largely reversible once we stop abusing nature. Groundwater pollution is slow & hidden, but with no less serious consequences. Once damaged, it takes far longer to recover. wrld.bg/Twzy50QKemg #SeeingTheInvisible
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
@Tharman_S
Feb 15, 2024
‘The unique opportunity that AI offers humanity is to turn back the tide — to extend the relevance and value of human expertise for a larger set of workers. It could help restore the quality, stature and agency that has been lost to too many workers and jobs.’
Dani Rodrik
@rodrikdani
Feb 14, 2024
Great to see discussion moving from how labor should adjust to AI to how AI should adjust to labor. Nice piece by @davidautor on using AI to rebuild the middle class, by giving it specific direction to augment capabilities of regular workers noemamag.com/how-ai-could-h….
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