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Vice-President Eduardo Stein on Water Conflict in Guatemala: Origins and Solutions
›Since 2014, Central America has experienced a dramatic lack of rainfall, destroying grain crops and killing cattle. As of last summer, 2.8 million people were impacted by drought and 900,000 were at risk of malnutrition in Guatemala alone. The effects of environmental change have been especially acute in Guatemala because they are layering on top of existing dysfunction and instability, says Former Vice-President of Guatemala (2004-2008) Eduardo Stein in this week’s podcast.
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New “Backdraft” Podcast Series, on the Peace and Conflict Consequences of Climate Responses
›The science is clear: To prevent major disruption, the global community must take steps to address climate change. But it is also increasingly clear that efforts to address climate change can have major effects on societies that are not always anticipated.
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Environmental Defenders Under Attack: Second Goldman Prize Winner Killed in Less Than a Year
›Despite recent press coverage about the violence against international environmental defenders, another prominent figure has been murdered in cold blood.
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Adapting NATO to Climate Change, and the Economic Benefits of the 1.5-Degree Limit
›In his dissertation, Tyler H. Lippert of the Pardee RAND Graduate School explains how the transboundary security impacts of climate change will both challenge and elevate the role of international multilateral institutions like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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Backdraft Revisited: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
›Whether or not we respond to climate change – and the security implications of that decision – is a major public policy question. But increasingly experts are paying closer attention to how we respond.
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Paradox of Progress: National Intelligence Council Releases Global Trends Report
›January 11, 2017 // By Schuyler NullDo you experience information overload? Feel like there’s always another crisis to worry about? Sense a kind of chaos? Well, you may be a citizen of the early 21st century.
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2017 Is Pivotal for U.S. Leadership on Global Water Security
›2017 promises to be a key year for U.S. government leadership on a variety of issues. Not least among them is global water security. Never have the challenges of global water security been so severe, and never have the opportunities for American leadership in the sector been greater.
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Environmental Defenders Are Being Murdered at an Unprecedented Rate, Says UN Special Rapporteur
›The Earth’s front-line defenders are disappearing at an astonishing rate. On average three environmental activists were killed each week in 2015, according to a recent report from the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. Global Witness, an international NGO that documents natural resource extraction, corruption, and violence, reports a 59 percent increase in deaths last year compared to 2014. In total, 185 killings of environmental defenders were recorded by Global Witness in 2015.
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