Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be prepared

The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?

Tyler Felgenhauer, Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University • conversation
April 4, 2024 • ~9 min

How COP28 failed the world's small islands

From a ‘litany of loopholes’ to a lopsided deal on loss and damage.

Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster, Lecturer in Law & Head of the Caribbean Environmental Law Unit, Faculty of Law and Co-I, One Ocean Hub, The University of the West Indies, Barbados • conversation
Dec. 15, 2023 • ~8 min

1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we're losing sight of its importance

There is no safe limit to global warming – there is only what people deem to be acceptable damage.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 • ~8 min

Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

Thanks to Vanuatu, a vote at the next UN General Assembly could open the floodgates to international climate litigation.

Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, Visiting Research Fellow, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University • conversation
Nov. 4, 2022 • ~7 min

Vanuatu: why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

A vote at the next UN General Assembly could open the floodgates to international climate litigation.

Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, Visiting Research Fellow, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University • conversation
Nov. 4, 2022 • ~7 min

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries?

That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.

Bethany Tietjen, Research fellow in climate policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries, and what does compensation look like?

That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial. Here are some of the ideas being floated.

Bethany Tietjen, Research fellow in climate policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

COP27: How debt-for-climate swaps can help solve low-income countries' crushing debt and environmental challenges at the same time

Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.

Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Oct. 31, 2022 • ~8 min

How debt-for-climate swaps can help solve low-income countries' fiscal and environmental challenges at the same time

Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.

Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow, Tufts University • conversation
Oct. 31, 2022 • ~8 min

COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022

The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 17, 2021 • ~10 min

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