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Oct 15, 2023
A Reminder from Israel and Gaza on the Importance and Limitations of Environmental Peacebuilding
I flew into Tel Aviv last Friday afternoon, primed for a week of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian environmentalists and officials. By sounding out these men and women in Jerusalem, the West Bank,…
Jan 31, 2023
Climate & Migration
Assessing and addressing migration and displacement in a time of extreme climate stress
Jan 31, 2023
Environmentalism for Sovereignty’s Sake
Egypt’s Gebel Elba National Park is, by all accounts, a spectacular place. But it better be to justify the fuss it takes to visit. First you have to apply for a permit. If that’s approved (and almost…
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