A COP20 Recap and the Outlook for a New Climate Agreement in 2015
Happy Holidays
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Climate Careers
Listen as our host Jisung Park talks with Bina Venkataraman about getting into a career in climate policy.
Professor Michael Glennon on the Rise of the American System of Double Government
Professor Michael Glennon challenges common understandings of American government institutions and provides daunting insights into the nature of the U.S. national security apparatus.
Exporting Emissions
What will be the global emissions impacts of U.S. coal regulation?
The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework
An explanation of a particular landscape approach and how it has been utilized.
Returning to “Normal” After Natural Disasters
A natural disaster can simultaneously act as a catalyst and as a hindrance to the long-term transformation of urban areas.
Social Finance: Sorting Hope from Hype
Social finance holds enormous promise, but its promise will likely not be realized as rapidly or as fully as its champions would wish.
The Little Ice Age: Heterogeneity of Impact and Japan’s Success Story?
The Little Ice Age did not have uniformly disastrous consequences. Some countries managed to survive with significantly less damage than others. Japan was one of these. What allowed them to do this?
Changes in the Amazon: What to do about the Changing Pattern of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Deforestation practices in the Brazilian Amazon threaten the current and future health of the ecosystem as well as the climate of the region.