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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. The cost of shifting from rescue operations to border enforcement may be harder journeys for migrants and the deaths of some. percent to €543 million in 2021. One migrant with no money.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. From these scenarios, the authors derice a set of lessons: The falling costs of technology will deliver a low-carbon world.

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