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Jan 19, 2023
The extraordinary benefits of a house made of mud
Mud, a traditional construction material in Africa, more easily keeps buildings cool compared with concrete. Architects are finding ways to keep mud’s beauty and function alive in a warming world.
Jan 11, 2023
CLIMATE, WATER AND MILITIAS: A FIELD STUDY FROM SOUTHERN IRAQ
When recruiters for Iraq’s various militias came to the North Abu Zarag Marsh near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq in August of 2014, it didn’t take them long to empty the surrounding villages of most…
Dec 1, 2022
Media and Climate Security: Mutual Miscomprehension?
There’s a scene near the climax of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express when Hercule Poirot starts to plot out the possible murderers. There’s Colonel Arbuthnot, who had opportunity…
Nov 11, 2022
How climate change can help heal conflicts—not just fuel them
Increasingly, environmental cooperation is solving local conflicts around the world.
Oct 28, 2022
How Water Strategizing is Remaking the Middle East
Water scarcity, water fluctuations, and the threat of more of both are pushing states to re-work their approaches to resources. But to what end?
Oct 10, 2022
Egypt’s climate activists fear consequences of COP27 protest
The government promises to permit dissent, but some environmental groups remain wary
Aug 18, 2022
Water and Sabotage in Paradise: Greece’s Hidden Climate Conflict
Greece’s islands might seem like unlikely settings for a wild years-long sabotage campaign, but the explosions tell a different story.
May 10, 2022
Learning to Love Deserts
I used to hate deserts. They scorch in the day and then chill at night. They can infuriate in ways few other landscapes do, that pesky sand sneaking into every book, bag, and electronic cranny. Most…
Mar 17, 2022
COP 27 in Sharm: Few Opportunities and More Challenges for MENA Environmentalists
In November, the world’s marquee climate conference will come to one of its fastest warming regions. Over roughly two weeks, global leaders, businesspeople, and, in theory, civil society organizations,…