Opinion: Why Environmental Progress Will Not Come From International Cooperation
As the international system has proven to be incompatible with top-down environmental agreements, solutions to…
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Paris 2020: The US Election and the Fight Against Climate Change
Many of Trump’s political rivals, including Democratic presidential hopefuls, have publicly opposed his decision,…
Taking Climate Change to Court
The plaintiffs claim that the countries’ failure to reduce emissions at the maximal level is in violation of their…
Are the Paris Climate Accords Progressive Enough?
With the U.S. set to become officially eligible to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords on November 4th 2020,…
The New Colombian Congress and its Implications for the Peace Agreement
Plaza Bolivar - Bogotá, Colombia, where the National Capitol that hosts Colombian Congress is located. Photo…
Environmental Regression in 2017: What Needs to Change
Have we reached the point where we can do nothing to stop climate change? In November 2017, over 15 000 scientists…
Green Bonds: How to Fund Climate Change Initiatives
As the OECD’s fourth Green Investment Financing Forum convened in Paris on the 24th and 25th of October 2017, much…
Bonn 2017: The Two-Sided Face of the United States and the Importance of…
The historic outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Accord was a triumphant rallying cry for many as the world’s first…
The Green Economy and What It Means for Global Economics
Climate change has recently dominated global affairs, as scientific studies have projected alarming and continual…
The End of Life As We Know It
On September 14, 1930, the first dust storm traversed the Southern Plains, wandering through southwest Kansas and…