In some parts of the world, natural resources are a given; in others, they’re a daily challenge. Our latest short film, Broken Landscape, examines the confrontation between those that rely on “rat-hole” coal mining for a living in northeast India and those affected by water pollution downstream.
Jill Shankleman also gave us some ideas about how low oil prices might affect Africa’s petro states; The Washington Post’s Chris Mooney dove into how the U.S. military is experimenting with behavioral change to improve energy efficiency; and the UN reminded us of the intersection between gender roles, natural resources, and conflict recovery in many places.
Here are the 10 most read posts for January:
1. UN Report Highlights Women’s Roles in Natural Resource Management During and After Conflict, Priya Kamdar
2. Low Oil Prices Could Shake up Africa’s Petro States, Jill Shankleman
3. Broken Landscape: Confronting India’s Water-Energy Choke Point, Sean Peoples
4. Can the Military Help Change the Way We Think About Energy? Schuyler Null
5. Clearing the Air: Is Natural Gas a Game Changer for Coal in China? Luan “Jonathan” Dong
6. Why Has the Demographic Transition Stalled in Sub-Saharan Africa? Elizabeth Leahy Madsen
7. Bridging the Gap: Family Planning, Rights, and Climate-Compatible Development, Benjamin Dills
8. Water Wars? Think Again: Conflict Over Freshwater Structural Rather Than Strategic, Cameron Harrington
9. What Climate Conflict Looks Like: Recent Findings and Possible Responses, Jeffrey Stark
10. Reporting on the Spaces Between: How to Cover Climate, Population, and Health Connections, Kathleen Mogelgaard
Photo Credit: A member of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo stands by while a women collects wood, courtesy of Sylvain Liechti/UN Photo.