‘At the Desert’s Edge’ Gives a Glimpse of China’s Massive Desertification...
In may not be surprising that China, home to so many other superlatives, also faces desertification on a grand scale. According to China’s State Forestry Administration, over 27 percent of the country...
View ArticleIt’s Not (Just) About the Numbers: Resource Media’s Population-Environment...
“Unless something changes in a major way, Nigeria will pass the United States as the third most populous country by mid-century and rival China with its number of people by the end of the century,”...
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China Shifting Balance of Power in Nile River Basin
The original version of this article, by Harry Verhoeven, appeared on ChinaDialogue. The growing intensification of economic, political and social ties between China and Africa in the last 15 years is...
View ArticleMinegolia: China and Mongolia’s Mining Boom
China’s economic boom appears to be contagious. Over the past few years, China’s northern neighbor has quietly caught the bug and become the world’s second-fastest growing economy, experiencing a GDP...
View ArticleBackdraft: Flipping the Frame on Conflict and Climate Change
Fire needs oxygen to burn. When a fire starts inside a building, the floors, ceilings, walls, doors, and windows can constrict the flow of air. Breaking in to fight the fire thus carries the risk of...
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Vulnerability View: GAIN Index Rates Climate Change Preparedness
According to the UN, the planet has warmed faster since the turn of the century than any other period on record. Sea-level rise has also increased pace to 0.12 inches a year – almost double the rate...
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Photo Essay: Wuhai City Coal Complex Shows Costs of China’s Energy Demands
The black, blasted landscape of Wuhai City sometimes looks more like the moon than Inner Mongolia. But this scene is becoming all too common across much of Northern China. China’s massive coal...
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Flooding in Uttarakhand Shows Why India Needs to Take Environmental Security...
The disastrous flooding in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand this summer, which claimed more than 6,000 lives, was the outcome of a changing climate and poorly planned development. It was also...
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Water a Key Issue As Developing Countries Drive Growth in Global Food Production
The original version of this article, by Codi Yeager-Kozacek, appeared on Circle of Blue. Developing countries will account for much of the world’s growth in agricultural production, demand, and trade...
View ArticleWhat’s Next in European Climate Diplomacy?
The original version of this article appeared on the Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation (ECC) Platform. At the end of June, the European Union Foreign Affairs Council adopted a set of conclusions...
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For Fast-Growing Countries, Should Aging Be a Concern? Planning for the...
Population aging and decline are frequently described as a threat to countries’ economic development and social stability. Evocative language, such as “demographic winter” and “graying of the great...
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Why Do Climate Changes Lead to Conflict? Provocative New Study Leaves Questions
In August, Solomon Hsiang, Marshall Burke, and Edward Miguel published a provocative piece in Science in which they sought to demonstrate a correlation between climate extremes and violence across a...
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China’s Environmental Crisis Through the Lens: Interview With Photojournalist...
China is one of the world’s 12 “mega-biodiversity” countries, but its incredible natural landscapes, from Sichuan’s sparkling, turquoise-colored lakes to Guilin’s dramatic karst topography, are...
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Curbing China’s Massive – and Destructive – Distant Water Fishing Fleet
Last month, two Chinese fishing boats were caught operating illegally in South Korean waters. The incident made local headlines and minor diplomatic waves, but it’s just a drop in the bucket in what...
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Feeding 9 Billion on a Hot and Hungry Planet
The original version of this article, by Lisa Palmer, appeared on The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. Humans, it’s no secret, are versatile and unpredictable in how they use their land. We...
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Torrent of Water and Questions Pour From India’s Himalayas
We made the crossing at night from Chamoli, reaching Okund, a Himalayan foothill town after dark. The innkeeper, anxious for guests in a travel economy that came to a standstill in mid-June, cooked...
View ArticleOur Last Best Hope? Family Planning and Women’s Empowerment
The original version of this article appeared on the Aspen Institute blog. When journalist Alan Weisman proposed a new book on the challenges posed by human population growth, his editor said, “That...
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Can China Solve Its Water-Energy Choke Point? Wilson Center Launches ‘China...
Factories in China’s Pearl River Delta tick-tock around the clock, rapidly churning out gadgets from iPhones and Barbie dolls to forks and light bulbs, shipped off to village shops in Uganda and super...
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Life on Mekong Faces Threats As Major Dams Begin to Rise
The original version of this article, by Joshua Zaffos, appeared on Yale Environment 360. In the sleepy northern Thai border town of Huay Luk, a community leader, Pornsawan Boontun, still remembers...
View Article20 Years After Doomsday Predictions, China Is Feeding Itself, But Global...
How has China managed to feed nearly one-quarter of the world’s population with only seven percent of the world’s arable land? In 1995, Lester Brown forecasted doom and gloom for China’s ability to...
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