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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | March 24 – 28

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    Eye On  //  March 28, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    Marine Protected Areas in Tanzania Boost Living Standards (Mongabay)

    In the 1990s, Tanzania established five multiuse Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to help the country protect 30% of its oceans by 2030. However, a new study has found that the MPAs offered benefits beyond marine ecosystems by also improving the quality of life in nearby communities.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | March 17 – 21

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    Eye On  //  March 21, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    Canal Projects Endanger Water Security in Pakistan’s Indus Delta (Al Jazeera)

    Dozens of villages in the Indus Delta have been submerged by the encroaching sea over recent years, pushing thousands to migrate inland. Now, local residents in Pakistan fear that new canal projects may further exacerbate water shortages in the region.

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  • Can Climate-Resilient Agriculture Become an Engine for Syria’s Post-Conflict Recovery?

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 19, 2025  //  By Frans Schapendonk & Sara Rabie

    Syria finds itself at a crossroads. Faced with the imminent need to prevent a relapse into renewed short-term insecurity, its government also must start to develop longer-term strategies to support recovery.

    Generating peace dividends for Syria’s embattled population requires confronting the ecological threats which currently undermine basic human security across the country. Nowhere do these threats emerge more prominently than in its agricultural sector. Ensuring that this essential sector lives up to its potential as an engine for economic stabilization and peace will require a set of targeted – and climate-sensitive – investments and interventions.  

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | March 3 – 7

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    Eye On  //  March 7, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    UK and Ireland Will Connect Energy Networks (The Guardian)

    Despite post-Brexit trade barriers, the UK and Ireland have announced a collaboration on renewable energy infrastructure to boost both nations’ energy efficiency and security. The deal is part of larger efforts to “harness the full potential” of the Irish and Celtic seas for offshore windfarms and national energy networks.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | February 10 – 14

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    Eye On  //  February 14, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    Declining Biodiversity May Increase Risk of Future Pandemics (Mongabay)

    The COVID-19 pandemic that spread around the world in 2020 brought normal life to a standstill at many times in the past few years. But far from being a singular event, scientists and health experts warn that pandemics may become more common as biodiversity declines and spillover events become more likely.

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  • Facing Up to Climate Risk: Arctic Sea Ice, Tipping Points, and Possible Interventions

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    Navigating the Poles  //  February 10, 2025  //  By Brad Ack & Kerry Nickols

    Global greenhouse gas emissions continue in stark contrast to the emissions reductions needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Indeed, planetary warming has accelerated so much that many scientists warn that key components of the earth’s system are approaching “tipping points” that will trigger additional climate feedback loops that further fuel and exacerbate climate disruption if they are exceeded.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | February 3 – 7

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    Eye On  //  February 7, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    Indonesia Considers Paris Agreement Exit Following US Withdrawal (Mongabay)

    The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has led other countries to reconsider their commitments to the international environmental treaty. In Indonesia, for instance, top officials have questioned whether developing countries should be expected to comply with the agreement as major polluters (including the US) opt out.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | January 20 — 24 

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    Eye On  //  January 24, 2025  //  By Angus Soderberg & Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    Placing Water at the Heart of Climate Action (Relief Web/Netherlands Red Cross)

    It may be true that water is life. But equally true is that roughly 90% of natural disasters—and the havoc they wreak—are water-related. A recognition that these disasters are intensifying in a warming world has led the Netherlands Red Cross to create Water at the Heart of Climate Action (WHCA): a program to tackle the intertwined crises of water-related disasters and climate change.

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