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Sinking Nations

May 3, 2013, Jane McAdam

Measuring Disasters' Full Impact

May 1, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

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When you talk to people [of the Pacific nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu] they may say 'this is a beach or this used to be a piece of land that I play on as a kid but now you can see at high tide the water is encroaching and it's effectively under water.'

April 26, 2013, Jane McAdam, SBS (Special Broadcasting Service - Australia)

In Disaster Risk Management, A Gender-Sensitive Approach is Smart

April 20, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

The Hazard of Wildfires

April 19, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

How Effective Are Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management?

April 18, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Hurricanes, Typhoons and Floods: Recurring Disasters in 2012

April 17, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

There are unclear mandates for [aid] agencies to respond to cross-border displacement, since no NGO or agency has responsibility for overseeing people displaced by natural disasters.

April 17, 2013, Walter Kälin, IRIN

The Clean Energy Ministerial in Delhi: An International Forum to Address National Energy Policy Goals

April 16, 2013, Nathan Hultman

Black Carbon and Kerosene Lighting: An Opportunity for Rapid Action on Climate Change and Clean Energy for Development

April 2013, Arne Jacobson, Nicholas L. Lam, Tami C. Bond and Nathan Hultman

The Impacts of Natural Disasters in 2012: A Look at Fatalities and Affected Population

April 16, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Climate Policy Across the Globe: Lessons Learned and Key Challenges

April 15, 2013

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Recurring Disasters: Are We Learning Lessons?

April 10, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Beyond the Climate Impasse: How the Major Economies Forum Can Lead the Way

April 8, 2013, Timmons Roberts

A Fair Compromise to Break the Climate Impasse

April 4, 2013, Timmons Roberts and Marco Grasso

Creating New Norms? The Nansen Initiative on Disaster-Induced Cross-Border Displacement

April 1, 2013, Jane McAdam

Disappearing States?

March 30, 2013, Jane McAdam

The Climate Scientist and the Pipeline

March 15, 2013, William Y. Brown

Say Yes to the Pipeline—and New Green Regulations: Why Triangulation is the Answer on Keystone

March 15, 2013, William A. Galston

Relocation Across Borders: A Prescient Warning in the Pacific

March 15, 2013, Jane McAdam

The State Department report will make it much harder for Obama to justify rejecting the Keystone project. Still, it has become a highly visible and emotionally charged symbol of an often diffuse issue, and it is where many leading environmental organizations have chosen to draw the line.

March 14, 2013, William A. Galston, The New Republic

Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale, Samuel Brown and Fernando Saltiel

DNA Net Earth

March 2013, William Y. Brown

The Climate Change Rebound

March 4, 2013, Barry Rabe and Christopher P. Borick

Disaster Risk Management: A Gender-Sensitive Approach is a Smart Approach

March 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Daniel Petz and Chareen Stark