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The Long Tail of Paris and What to Watch for Next
›December 4, 2015 // By Schuyler NullThe most important and anticipated climate change conference in years is finally underway. In some ways, as Bill McKibben and Andrew Revkin have pointed out, its success is relatively assured thanks to the number of major commitments countries have already made. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see here. “The conference isn’t the game – it’s the scoreboard,” writes McKibben. To extend the metaphor even more, you might call it the league scoreboard, giving us a glimpse of many different storylines playing out.
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Lisa Palmer, Yale Climate Connections
Learning From India’s “Climate-Smart” Farming Villages
›December 2, 2015 // By Wilson Center StaffJoginder Singh, a 68-year-old farmer in the village of Noopur Bet in Punjab, is among the thousands of farmers in India trying to reconcile the risks posed by a changing climate with their need to improve crop yields to support their families.
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Priyali Sur, Foreign Policy
South Asian Environmental Migrants Pushed to Back of Line in Refugee Flood
›November 26, 2015 // By Wilson Center StaffThe dark eyes and hair of the Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Afghans almost blend with the other migrants’. The brown skin tones are also not giveaways, but ask them where they come from, and you notice the hesitation – trying hard to blend into the crowd of Syrian migrants at Europe’s border crossings, afraid of being spotted and sent back.
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Will a Welcome Peace Derail Colombia’s Sustainable Development Plans?
›When Colombia is in the news, it’s not necessarily for the reasons we Colombians would like. We have lived through 50 years of violent conflict. Peace is a very abstract idea to most of us. Despite this we are still some of the happiest people on Earth.
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A River Runs Again: Reporting on India’s Natural Crisis
›The world’s second most populous country – projected to be first by 2022 – is developing faster than ever before, roiling the social, political, and environmental landscape. [Video Below]
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The Renewable Energy Era Has Already Started
›The world has entered a new energy era. Last year, for the first time in four decades, the global economy grew without an increase in CO2 emissions, according to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.
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In India, Lower Castes and Tribals Being Left Behind in Maternal Health
›Maternal mortality causes 56,000 deaths every year in India, accounting for 20 percent of maternal deaths around the world. Women who are born into the lower castes or are tribals – India’s indigenous groups – are especially likely to lack access to quality health care. Over 40 percent of these women also belong to the lowest wealth quintile.
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Better Training and Support for Midwives Is Saving Women’s Lives
›The feats that pregnant women perform under some of the most rudimentary conditions are sometimes unimaginable.
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