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  • Silatech’s Hassan Al-Mulla on Tackling Youth Unemployment in the MENA Region

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    Q&A  //  May 6, 2022  //  By Claire Doyle
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    The MENA region is experiencing a confluence of stressors, from ongoing instability to intensifying climate-related issues like water insecurity. At the recent Doha Forum, ECSP’s Lauren Risi sat down with Hassan Al-Mulla, CEO of Silatech, to discuss what his organization—as an international non-profit NGO focusing on youth economic empowerment—is doing to address some of these challenges.

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  • When Climate Change Meets Geopolitics

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 4, 2022  //  By Giulio Boccaletti
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    Deteriorating security in Ethiopia, a country W.E.B. Dubois once described as where “the sunrise of human culture took place,” is deeply concerning. The last few months have seen a dramatic involution for a country that was once a poster child for sustainable development. The conflict between the government and rebel forces in Tigray is not just a matter of regional security, but a significant blow to the world’s efforts to fight climate change.

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  • U.S. and Chinese Aquaculture Taps into a Carbon-Free Geothermal Energy Source

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    China Environment Forum  //  October 28, 2021  //  By Karen Mancl
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    From Friday night fish fries to shrimp cocktails, people sheltering in place have learned how to cook their favorite dishes at home. As a result U.S. seafood sales have doubled during the pandemic. Globally, the United States ranks fifth in seafood consumption and China—where hunger for seafood has skyrocketed with rising incomes—is number one. While wild fisheries are on the decline, aquaculture is expanding to increase the global food supply.

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  • COVID-19 and the Fight Against Climate Change: What Have We Learned?

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    Covid-19  //  Guest Contributor  //  August 31, 2021  //  By Anmol Vanamali
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    As the world continues to battle the COVID crisis, we must not lose sight of the greatest long-term threat faced by mankind: climate change.

    COVID-19 and its even more contagious variants have wrought misery upon our world, inflicting massive loss of life and sickness, widespread disruption of health services, and economic ruin with ensuing social upheaval. There is no silver lining.

    We can, however, attempt to extract useful lessons from the strategies and tactics──both successful and unsuccessful──used to battle the contagion to better array our forces against that other pending global catastrophe: climate change.

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  • Getting Back on Track with Global Poverty Reduction

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 2, 2021  //  By Kate Schecter
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    No country has escaped the setbacks caused by COVID-19, but impacts on low-income countries are proving far worse. The World Bank estimates the pandemic and the actions necessary to contain it will drive 150 million people globally into extreme poverty. Post-pandemic, there will likely be long-term effects. Even with this grim reality, there is hope. Governments and international development organizations have accumulated a wealth of knowledge about what works to reduce poverty and increase economic activity. As the Biden administration and other actors work to build a post-pandemic environment, key lessons can be drawn from this knowledge to inform recovery efforts.

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  • The Climate Crisis and Southeast Asian Geopolitics

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 13, 2021  //  By Abraham Denmark
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    This article originally appeared on Asia Dispatches. 

    Southeast Asia is at the center of the two major geopolitical challenges of the 21st century: climate change and the rise of China. As decision-makers across the region grow increasingly concerned about climate change and environmental degradation, as well as the implications of intensifying competition between China and the United States, Washington has an opportunity to strengthen its engagement with Southeast Asia and advance its broader geopolitical objectives.

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  • “Climate is the Multilateral Challenge of the Moment”: Highlights from a Conversation on Climate Change, Multilateralism, and Equity

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    Friday Podcasts  //  December 18, 2020  //  By Matthew Gallagher

    12-16 Event Podcast Photo“After a period of populist nationalism…multilateralism is back, and climate is the multilateral challenge of the moment,” said David Lammy, a member of Parliament for Tottenham in the United Kingdom and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, in a recent 21st Century Diplomacy event, co-hosted by the Wilson Center and adelphi. The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is not a “reset,” but rather a catalytic moment for the international community precisely because of the pandemic and consequences for the global economy, he said. When you look at who has been left behind in countries like the United States and United Kingdom, and globally, who is at risk climate impacts, it is “black and brown people suffering all over the planet, and that is a call to arms,” said Lammy.

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  • New Constitution Could Help Chile Avert the Lithium Curse

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    December 3, 2020  //  By Matthew Gallagher
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    Chile is on the cusp of a new era. Just as its lithium—a common element of energy storage technology, which is itself a critical component of the clean energy transition—is experiencing a rise in global market demand, Chilean citizens have called for a new constitution.

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