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  • Reaching Accord on Land Grabs, and Household Perceptions of Climate-Conflict Vulnerability

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    Reading Radar  //  February 9, 2017  //  By Azua (Zizhan) Luo

    Journal-of-Peasant-StudiesLarge-scale land acquisitions, otherwise known as “land grabbing,” are often believed to lead to resistance from affected local communities. According to an article by Ruth Hall et al. in The Journal of Peasant Studies, however, “political reactions ‘from below’ to global land grabbing have been vastly more varied and complex than is usually assumed.”

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  • The Invisible World Ocean Regime, and USAID’s 2015 Water Activities in Review

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    Reading Radar  //  February 1, 2017  //  By Sreya Panuganti

    USAID-Water-ReviewAccording 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.

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  • World Economic Forum and OECD on Global Risks and Fragility: Treat the Contagion

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    Reading Radar  //  January 18, 2017  //  By Schuyler Null

    Global-RisksThe World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Risks Report, like other recent analyses of global trends, notes “rising political discontent and disaffection,” but also significant concern for environmental issues. The forum polled 745 leaders, nearly half of whom are from the business community, on the likelihood and impact of various global risks.

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  • Adapting NATO to Climate Change, and the Economic Benefits of the 1.5-Degree Limit

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    Reading Radar  //  January 13, 2017  //  By Sreya Panuganti

    RANDIn his dissertation, Tyler H. Lippert of the Pardee RAND Graduate School explains how the transboundary security impacts of climate change will both challenge and elevate the role of international multilateral institutions like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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  • State of the World Population 2016, and Fostering Development Through Family Planning

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    Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  January 4, 2017  //  By Anam Ahmed

    SWOPThe United Nations Population Fund’s 2016 State of the World Population report calls for investment in a very specific demographic: 10-year-old girls. At age 10, young girls are at a “pivotal” stage in their lives, the report says. They face a world of limitless possibilities, yet far too many end up thwarted in their ambitions by sexual violence, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, child labor, and other “systematic disadvantages.”

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  • Rising Seas Threaten Military Installations, and Elevating Human Rights to Mitigate Geoengineering Risks

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    Reading Radar  //  December 16, 2016  //  By Sreya Panuganti

    UCSA roughly three-foot increase in sea level will threaten 128 coastal military installations in the United States, valued at $100 billion, according to a study from the Union of Concerned Scientists. The report, The U.S. Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas, argues that the growing exposure to storm surge and sea-level rise puts vital infrastructure, training and testing grounds, and housing for thousands of personnel at risk.

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  • Predicting the Geopolitical Landscape of 2035, and a More Holistic Measure for Disaster Risk Assessment

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    Reading Radar  //  November 24, 2016  //  By Sreya Panuganti

    Atlantic-Council-2035-rr_nsThe world of 2035 will be facing global and regional insecurities that could be “more dangerous than the second half of the Cold War era,” according to a 2016 report from the Atlantic Council.

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  • How Climate Change May Speed Democratic Turnover, and Beyond a “Naïve” Understanding of Drought and Conflict

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    Reading Radar  //  November 9, 2016  //  By Anam Ahmed

    3aIn a recent paper published by Climatic Change, Nick Obradovich conducts the “first-ever” investigation into the relationship between rising global temperatures, electoral returns, and climate change. Using data from more than 1.5 billion votes cast across electoral contests held in 19 countries, he found that when the annual average temperature for a country rose above 70°F, there was a “marked” decrease in the number of votes received by incumbent officeholders.

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