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Vice-President Eduardo Stein on Water Conflict in Guatemala: Origins and Solutions
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Since 2014, Central America has experienced a dramatic lack of rainfall, destroying grain crops and killing cattle. As of last summer, 2.8 million people were impacted by drought and 900,000 were at risk of malnutrition in Guatemala alone. The effects of environmental change have been especially acute in Guatemala because they are layering on top of existing dysfunction and instability, says Former Vice-President of Guatemala (2004-2008) Eduardo Stein in this week’s podcast. -
Wartime Public Health Crises Cause More Deaths Than Weapons, So Why Don’t We Pay More Attention?
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In 2004 I was honored to be interviewed for The Lancet medical journal’s “Lifeline” series. I had just come away from a disastrous short tenure as the interim minister of health in Iraq following the 2003 war. I had support from former Secretary of State Colin Powell to rapidly mitigate and recover the war-related destruction of essential public health infrastructure and protections required as occupiers under Articles 55 and 56 of the Geneva Conventions that follow every war.
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The Invisible World Ocean Regime, and USAID’s 2015 Water Activities in Review
›According to their recent Safeguarding the World’s Water report, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invested $499,995,179 in water-related programming in 54 countries in 2015. -
Introducing “Choke Point: Tamil Nadu,” a Look Inside One Indian State’s Struggle With Severe Water Stress
›TUTICORIN, India – Among the 75 government agencies that manage and regulate this bewitching and often impassioned nation, there is no Ministry of the Future. There should be.
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Americans Prefer Renewable Energy Requirements Over a Carbon Tax
›There are many questions about where President Trump and the new administration stands on energy and climate policy, but new survey data gives a better picture of what the American public thinks.
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New “Backdraft” Podcast Series, on the Peace and Conflict Consequences of Climate Responses
›The science is clear: To prevent major disruption, the global community must take steps to address climate change. But it is also increasingly clear that efforts to address climate change can have major effects on societies that are not always anticipated. -
Environmental Defenders Under Attack: Second Goldman Prize Winner Killed in Less Than a Year
›Despite recent press coverage about the violence against international environmental defenders, another prominent figure has been murdered in cold blood.
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As Asian Luxury Market Grows, a Surge in Tiger Killings in India
›From 1990 to 2013, the notorious tiger poacher Kuttu Bahelia and his extended family – brothers, uncles, and their wives and children – reportedly killed hundreds of tigers and leopards in the tiger-rich Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to law enforcement informants and media reports. “Even if half that [estimate] is correct, it is still a very significant number,” says Belinda Wright, who directs the non-profit Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI).
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Since 2014, Central America has experienced a dramatic lack of rainfall, 
The science is clear: To prevent major disruption, the global community must take steps to address climate change. But it is also increasingly clear that efforts to address climate change can have major effects on societies that are not always anticipated.
