Energy & Climate
ORF America
Rethinking How to Finance Africa’s Climate ...

By Raul Alfaro-Pelico

With COP31 taking place in Antalya this month, it is increasingly clear that Africa’s biggest challenge is not lack of capital but means to unlock it in its physical, natural, and social forms. 

Rethinking How to Finance Africa’s Climate Action Ahead of COP31
ORF Global Quarterly V1
ORF America
Getting the Platform Economy Right: Gig Workers ...

By Akram Zaoui

Unlocking the full potential of digital labour platforms will require removing regulatory barriers and enhancing the institutional, legal, and physical infrastructure.

Getting the Platform Economy Right: Gig Workers in the MENA Region
Energy & Climate
ORF America
How the U.S. Midterms Affect Global Energy Deals

By Piyush Verma and Medha Prasanna

Democrats will now chair relevant committees, set the agenda, and hold the power of the purse, but will still confront the prospect of a presidential veto. This has important implications for U.S. energy policy.

How the U.S. Midterms Affect Global Energy Deals
ORF Global Quarterly V1
ORF America
Building the AI Bridge from Classrooms to the ...

By Arpan Tulsyan

AI is changing how education can be delivered, while Industry 4.0 is creating new learning and skills requirements in the labour market. How can education systems build adaptable skills that lead to productive employment?

Building the AI Bridge from Classrooms to the Labour Market
ORF Global Quarterly V1
ORF America
Governing the Southern Urban Century

By Dhaval Desai

Urbanisation in Asia and Africa will intensify pressure on land and infrastructure amidst worsening climate hazards and the growing need to curb carbon emissions. The defining innovation of this urban century will therefore be institutional: building the authority, fiscal capacity, and governing systems that cities need to adapt before unsustainable urban form and inequality become entrenched.

Governing the Southern Urban Century

Medha Prasanna

How the U.S. Midterms Affect Global Energy Deals

How the U.S. Midterms Affect Global Energy Deals

By Piyush Verma and Medha Prasanna

Democrats will now chair relevant committees, set the agenda, and hold the power of the purse, but will still confront the prospect of a presidential veto. This has important implications for U.S. energy policy.

Critical Energy Infrastructure is Unprepared for Post-Quantum Cryptography

Critical Energy Infrastructure is Unprepared for Post-Quantum Cryptography

By Medha Prasanna

As countries race to connect renewable generation, expand transmission, and meet surging demand from data centers, electricity grids are being built at unprecedented speeds. Building quantum-safe cryptography while equipment is being designed and procured is far easier than retrofitting it later.

How the UAE’s Exit from OPEC Exposes the New Realities of Energy Diplomacy

How the UAE’s Exit from OPEC Exposes the New Realities of Energy Diplomacy

By Medha Prasanna

The oil age will not end because the world runs out of oil, but because oil reserves stop being worth pumping. The UAE has moved fast, not as just a knee-jerk reaction to the conflict in the region, but as a strategic divergence.

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