Green innovation and low-carbon transport are increasingly becoming an international priority. In this month’s top post, Ruyi Li writes about how both the United States and Chinese governments are expanding electric vehicle markets, which may inspire collaboration and competition on reaching carbon neutrality goals. 

This month’s top posts show that the link between climate and conflict remains a clear area of concern. In the second most-read post, Daniel Abrahams uses Karamoja, Uganda, to illustrate the ambiguity inherent within studying climate-conflict connections. He argues that the way one chooses to measure the impact of climate change affects one’s interpretation of its results.

In another top post Richard Pearshouse highlights the environmental damage that Yemen’s armed conflict has wrought over time and lays out a legal framework from the International Law Commission on future measures for protecting the environment in armed conflict. In the #4 spot, Elsa Barron and Sherri Goodman recommend that the U.S. government find areas of cooperation over environmental issues to minimize conflict related to natural resources and capitalize on peacebuilding opportunities. 

Finally, Sara Matthews closes out the top 5 with highlights from an event launching the 2021 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population Report. The report discusses the legal and policy frameworks that guarantee bodily autonomy, especially women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. 

1. Race to Carbon Neutrality: Electric Vehicles in China and the United States by Ruyi Li
2. “Land is Now the Biggest Gun”: Climate Change, Conflict, and the Telling Case of Karamoja, Uganda by Daniel Abrahams
3. Towards Better Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflict by Richard Pearshouse
4. Raising Climate Ambition Should Include Environmental Peacebuilding by Elsa Barron and Sherri Goodman
5. My Body, My Voice, My Choice: Launching UNFPA’s 2021 State of World Population Report by Sara Matthews