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  • Tracking National Security in the Paris Outcome

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 16, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara
    Obama-COP21

    Security was inseparable from the climate talks in Paris, from the safety of conference participants to how climate change impacts the stability of nations.

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  • As Droughts, Floods, Die-Offs Proliferate, “Climate Trauma” a Growing Phenomenon

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    September 9, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara
    Jowhar flood in Somalia

    According to recent polling, climate change is seen as the single most threatening international challenge around the world, and there’s evidence that all that worry is taking a psychological toll. Adding to droughts, floods, extreme weather, and die-offs, psychologists are observing higher levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder in certain areas and professions. Even people who do not actively stress about global warming or view it as a major threat may still suffer psychological trauma from its effects.

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  • Examining Women’s Inclusion in Peace and Conservation Efforts

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    Reading Radar  //  September 4, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara

    Peace ReviewSome of the world’s most crucial ecosystems can also be found in the most conflicted areas. The most progressive peace agreements in these circumstances sometimes include conservation protections, but fewer still include women – and that’s a an article in Peace Review by Conservation International’s Brittany Ajroud, Kame Westerman, and Janet Edmond.

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  • John Furlow on Better Coordination for Better Climate Adaptation

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    Friday Podcasts  //  August 28, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara

    Furlow-small“We [need to] stop treating ‘adaptation’ like a sector,” says John Furlow, climate change specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in this week’s podcast, “but start treating it as a stress or a risk that undermines the development sectors, the environmental sectors, the social sectors that we care about.”

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  • Sally Edwards on Health and Climate Change in the Caribbean: “It’s a Very Complex Web”

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    Friday Podcasts  //  August 14, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara

    edwards-small“The relationship between human health…and environmental changes is extremely complex,” says Sally Edwards, advisor for sustainable development and environmental health of the Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization office for the eastern Caribbean countries, in this week’s podcast.

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  • Engaging Decision-makers on Family Planning: Some Right IDEAs

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    From the Wilson Center  //  August 10, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara
    IDEA Event at Wilson

    Just a few years ago, progress on global family planning and reproductive health policy seemed to be stuck in a rut. “For 20 years, development money for health had been directed to fight HIV and poverty, and as a result, momentum, interest, and funding for family planning had dwindled,” said Susan Rich, vice president of global partnerships for the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), at the Wilson Center on July 15. “Unmet need for family planning was high all over the world, but especially in Africa.” [Video Below]

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  • Providing for the Periphery: Anthony Speca on Development for Canada’s Resource-Rich Nunavut

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    Friday Podcasts  //  August 7, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara

    speca-smallRich in natural resources, poor in nearly every human development indicator. The description applies to many of the most-conflict ridden states in the world, but also to a region often forgotten in global development circles: the Arctic North.

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  • In Search of Higher Returns: Can Extractive Industries Help Build Peace?

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    August 3, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara

    If you’re a government pondering the development of newly discovered natural resources, how do you avoid the so-called “resource curse” – the tendency of high value extractive resources, like oil, gas, or minerals, to, instead of prosperity, bring corruption, entrenched poverty, and even violence?

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