Jarrod talks with Professor Marwa Daoudy about her new book, The Origins of The Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security (Cambridge, 2020).
Episode 8 : Marwa Daoudy discusses Syria and Climate Change
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Climate Change
What’s Next for the Global Climate Movement?
This is a guest post from Jennifer Hadden, who is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. She guest blogged on the Duck before on global climate negotiations. She also has a...
Thursday Linkage: #Climate2014 Edition
On Tuesday September 23, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is hosting a meeting of world leaders to discuss the issue of climate change. The aim is to build pressure and support for...
Once more unto the (climate) breach
I just happened upon a Foreign Policy piece from May 6 of this year framing climate change as a ‘Clear and Present Danger’. To summarize, the author argues that Obama’s plans to address climate...
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Who’s feeling the heat?
Why the lack of posts? Well, I've been under two writing deadlines in recent weeks. For both projects, I've been working on pieces about the domestic and international politics of global warming -- one for a magazine and one for a textbook. Here's some news from that research worth serious discussion:A report released last week by Beijing authorities indicated that as its economy continues to expand at a red-hot pace, China is highly likely to overtake the United States this year or in 2008 as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.This information, along with data from the...