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As Ebola Lingers in Liberia, What Have We Learned?
The deadly West African Ebola epidemic has largely faded from headlines, replaced by mounting concern over conflict in the Middle East, terrorism, and refugees streaming into Europe. But while Guinea...
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The nations of the world may have finally solved the thorniest problem in international relations and now we need to figure out practical solutions, said a panel of experts at the Wilson Center...
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Modi’s Grand Plan to Divert Himalayan Rivers Faces Obstacles
One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first priorities after winning an overwhelming victory last year on a platform of development and growth is to fast-track a decades-old plan to link India’s...
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“End of the Beginning:” What Was Achieved at COP-21?
Last month, for the first time, 195 countries formally agreed to take steps to slow and eventually reduce carbon emissions. “This is potentially one of the most important things that’s ever been done...
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After Paris, What’s the Status of “Environmental Refugees?”
“Wilson Perspectives: The Paris Climate Agreement” is a series of short essays exploring the key issues that emerged during the 21st Conference of Parties that originally appeared on WilsonCenter.org....
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Can Myanmar Avoid Conflict Pitfalls in its Hydro Blitz?
Myanmar is undergoing multiple transitions, from military rule to democracy, decades of civil war to peace, and from a command economy to a market-based one. No less of an important challenge amidst...
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Drought Pushes South Africa to Water, Energy, Food Reckoning
The original version of this article, by Keith Schneider, appeared on Circle of Blue.January 7, 2016 could hardly have been worse in this thunderously beautiful, water-parched, and economically reeling...
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Breaking Out of the Dome: Can Energy Efficiency Help Chinese Cities Conquer...
In December 2015, Beijing issued its first-ever “red alert” for smog, its highest air pollution warning, which closed schools and restricted the number of cars on the road. Less than two weeks later,...
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India’s Thirst for Palm Oil, New South-South Trade Patterns Cast Doubt on...
Patterns of trade and consumption in the global food system are shifting. In the past, most trade in agricultural commodities occurred between developed and developing countries. But, in recent years,...
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Ethan Zindler on Clean Energy in Emerging Markets: “The Private Sector Sees...
“The good news is clean energy has gotten much cheaper,” says Ethan Zindler, head of the Americas for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, on this week’s podcast. “The amount of stuff getting built for the...
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Cleaning up China’s Ports: Shenzhen Explores Fuel Switching and Onshore Power
China’s “strictest air protection law” yet took effect on January 1, 2016, promising to bring big changes to its smog-filled cities. But some municipal governments have been ahead of the curve,...
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4 Billion Face Regular Water Scarcity, and Three Climate Conflict Narratives
In a study published in Science Advances, Mesfin M. Mekonnen and Arjen Y. Hoekstra estimate that over 4 billion people, approximately two-thirds of the world’s population, face severe water scarcity...
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The Environment and Energy Stories to Watch in 2016
The climate agreement reached in Paris last December, seen by many as a critical step toward lowering greenhouse gas emissions, was big news – perhaps too big. Pointing to the thousands of articles...
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“The Damn Thing Melted”: Arctic Security in the Blue-Water Era
When Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer told the media last week that “the damn thing melted,” he wasn’t talking about an ice cream cone. As the Arctic faces unprecedented levels of open water,...
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The Blockchain Revolution: Q&A with Kaikai Yang
Blockchain, the newest technology poised to revolutionize numerous industries, could help decentralize electricity systems across Asia, Europe, Australia and the United States. In Brooklyn,...
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China’s Ready to Cash In on a Melting Arctic
This article by Sherri Goodman and Lyssa Freese originally appeared in Foreign Policy.Put simply, “the damn thing melted,” Navy Secretary Richard Spencer explained in recent testimony, referring to...
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Grassroots Solutions for Solid Waste in China’s Growing Cities
In June 2016, the government of the Chinese city of Xiantao cancelled an incineration project following protests by residents who felt they were not adequately consulted before the project was...
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Pangolins on the Brink as Africa-China Trafficking Persists Unabated
While the pangolin’s thick overlapping scales protect it from predators such as lions, this animal is an easy mark for illegal wildlife traffickers. Image courtesy of the Tikki Hywood Foundation,...
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Limited Water for Unlimited Development: Q&A With Shaofeng Jia
A quarter of the coal that powers China’s economy is mined in Inner Mongolia, one of the country’s most water-scarce provinces with only slightly under two percent of China’s total water resources. The...
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How Family Planning Can Help Save Cheetahs
This article by Sophie Edwards originally appeared on Devex.Conservationists and development practitioners may not have always seen eye to eye, but a new partnership between a cheetah conservation...
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