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  • Many Companies Struggle to Comply with Conflict Mineral Reporting Rules

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    Reading Radar  //  September 25, 2020  //  By Cindy Zhou
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    “The exploitation of the mining and trade of conflict minerals in the eastern DRC [Democratic Republic of the Congo] has contributed to instability, violence, displacement of people, and severe human rights abuses,” says the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its annual report, Conflict Minerals: Actions Needed to Assess Progress Addressing Armed Groups’ Exploitation of Minerals. The report examines a sample of filings from 1,083 companies that submitted conflict mineral disclosures required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2019.

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  • Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic Diseases and Future Outbreaks

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    Covid-19  //  Reading Radar  //  July 7, 2020  //  By Amanda King

    Report-CoverTo recover from the devastating impacts of COVID-19, we will need to understand the risks and environmental factors that caused the novel coronavirus and other zoonotic diseases to emerge in the first place, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Livestock Research Institute. The report, Preventing the Next Pandemic – Zoonotic Diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission, examines the root causes of the COVID-19 pandemic and other zoonotic diseases. It also explores the complex linkages between biological and non-living factors that impact our global ecosystem and spread diseases.

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  • Exposure to Air Pollutants and Heat Made Worse by Climate Change Impact Black Mothers the Most

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    Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  June 26, 2020  //  By Leah Emanuel
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    Environmental exposures exacerbated by climate change are contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes across the United States, with a disproportionate impact on Black women. A new study published in JAMA Network Open draws concrete connections between exposure to air pollution, ozone, and high temperatures during pregnancy and the likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes—premature birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth.

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  • Reports Highlight the Need for Further Consideration of Gender, Climate, and Security Linkages

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    Reading Radar  //  June 22, 2020  //  By Magdalena Baranowska

    Lead Page sipriinsight2007In a recent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) paper, Elizabeth Seymour Smith, a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Climate Change and Risk Programme, explores the intersection of climate change, gender, and security in Women, Peace and Security (WPS) national action plans (NAPs) of 80 countries. Using qualitative content analysis, the article finds that states frame and respond to climate change and gender-based security in differing ways.

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  • Climate and Conflict: Where Environment, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Power Intersect

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    Reading Radar  //  May 20, 2019  //  By Benjamin Dills

    PSD-Special-Issue-Climate-Change-Cover-1574x2023_cAs researchers investigate the connection between climate change and conflict, the relative power of communities and individuals attempting to cope with climate change has become a recurring theme. While climate change may not directly cause conflict, it may be inextricably woven into pre-existing conflicts of power, ethnicity, and economic interest.

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  • Women and Cancer in India

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  Reading Radar  //  July 18, 2018  //  By Yuval Cohen
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    As India faces an emerging cancer crisis, how do South Indian women conceptualize what causes reproductive cancers—and how to cure them? New qualitative research from Cecilia Van Hollen, a medical anthropologist and Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow, illuminates the complex perceptions and personal experiences of women in Tamil Nadu, the first state to integrate cancer screening into its primary health care system.

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  • Climate Change and Women’s Health: New Studies Find Overlooked Links

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    Reading Radar  //  September 19, 2017  //  By Antony Martel

    Considering-Climate-FertiliThe intersection of reproductive health and climate change is an understudied nexus in academic literature. In her Nature article, “Considering Climate in Studies of Fertility and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries,” Kathryn Grace looks at how studies of contemporary fertility transitions are better served when they include the impacts of climate change.

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  • Planning to Move: Relocating Coastal Communities in the United States

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    Reading Radar  //  July 24, 2017  //  By Antony Martel

    Reaching-Higher-GroundSea-level rise will put approximately 13 million coastal Americans at risk of displacement by 2100, but the first to move will be the most vulnerable communities. In Reaching Higher Ground: Avenues to Secure and Manage New Land for Communities Displaced by Climate Change, Wilson Center Global Fellow Maxine Burkett and her coauthors look at Native American communities on the frontlines of climate change as a model for how vulnerable coastal communities can successfully relocate. Currently, there is no central mechanism within the federal government for relocating communities displaced by climate change. Federally recognized Native American communities have historically coexisted alongside the United States government as sovereign entities, and their many avenues – legal, policy, and corporate – to acquire land could provide a starting point for addressing this imminent challenge. The authors identify tools communities can use to secure new homes and preserve their ownership of evacuated lands.

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