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    The Top 5 Posts of January 2020

    February 11, 2020 By Amanda King
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    The world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, China, is projected to fulfill its Paris commitment to reduce the proportion of coal in its energy mix ten years ahead of schedule. However, the country remains the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal, and coal conversion practices are steadily on the rise. In this month’s top post, China Environment Forum’s Richard Liu, Zhou Yang, and Xinzhou Qian track China’s risky gamble on coal conversion.

    Coal isn’t the only resource with which China wields significant global influence. As China and the U.S. enter a new era of great power competition, Francis Gassert and Wyatt Scott explore how natural resource security will change in the 21st century in our third most read post.

    The field of environmental peacebuilding has made great strides in recent years, but is all that glitters gold? In our second most read post, Tobias Ide warns of the dark side of environment peacebuilding. And in our fourth most read post, Josh Busby’s Uncharted Territory contribution argues that it’s time to move beyond “threat multiplier” when addressing linkages between climate and security.

    And finally, the Maternal Health Initiative’s Deekshita Ramanarayanan highlights a recent event on maternal health and disparities with Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14).

    1. China’s Risky Gamble on Coal Conversion by Richard Liu, Zhou Yang, and Xinzhou Qian
    2. Beware the Dark Side of Environmental Peacebuilding by Tobias Ide
    3. Great Power Resource Competition in a Changing Climate: New America’s Natural Security Index by Francis Gassert and Wyatt Scott
    4. It’s Time We Think Beyond “Threat Multiplier” to Address Climate and Security by Josh Busby
    5. U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood on U.S. Maternal Health and Policy Solutions by Deekshita Ramanarayanan

    Photo Credit: Photo via Shutterstock. All rights reserved.

    Topics: climate change, environment, environmental peacemaking, environmental security, foreign policy, maternal health, natural resources, What You Are Reading

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