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  • REDD+ Progress: Forests and Solving the Climate Change Challenge

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    On the Beat  //  October 11, 2017  //  By Namita Rao
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    From 1870 to 2015, the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere  increased significantly, said Professor Maria Sanz, scientific director at the Basque Center for Climate Change in a recent webinar organized by WWF Forest and Climate. Forests have been responsible for global greenhouse gas emissions through forestry and other land use activities. However, she noted that forests also absorb nearly one-third of the emissions generated from fossil fuels.

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  • Risk, But Also Opportunity in Climate Fragility and Terror Link

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 17, 2017  //  By Florian Krampe
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    In a recent article for New Security Beat, Colin Walch made the case that the abandonment of some communities in Mali to deal with climate change on their own has created “fertile ground” for jihadist recruitment. In a similar argument, Katharina Nett and Lukas Rüttinger in a report for adelphi asserted last month that “large-scale environmental and climatic change contributes to creating an environment in which [non-state armed groups] can thrive and opens spaces that facilitate the pursuit of their strategies.”

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  • Backdraft #6: Jesse Ribot on Why It’s So Important for Climate Interventions to Work Through Local Democracy

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  April 7, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    Ribot2-smallIn a research project spanning more than two dozen case studies on environmental governance in 13 sub-Saharan African countries, Jesse Ribot, professor at the University of Illinois, and colleagues found that while many forest management projects claimed to be working with communities, they were in fact undermining local democracy in various ways.

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  • 15 Years of Environmental Peacemaking: Overcoming Challenges and Identifying Opportunities for Cooperation

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    From the Wilson Center  //  March 13, 2017  //  By Sreya Panuganti
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    As the 1990s drew to a close, there was a sense that much of the momentum gained at the first Earth Summit on sustainable development, a positive, affirming environmental narrative, was waning.

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  • Can We Save the World’s Remaining Forests? A Look at ‘Why REDD Will Fail’

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 8, 2017  //  By Bethany N. Bella
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    As climate change threatens the stability of ecosystems around the world, the preservation of forests is seen as a “win-win” solution to curbing planet-warming emissions while producing value for developing country economies.

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  • Backdraft Episode #3: Kimberly Marion Suiseeya on Voice, Justice, and Representation

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  February 24, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    kim-small“If we think sustainable development is the goal we want to achieve, we have to be radical in elevating those who have been traditionally excluded,” says Northwestern University’s Kimberly Marion Suiseeya in this week’s “Backdraft” episode. “We have to approach conservation and global environmental governance from the perspective of the invisible and the marginalized people.”

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  • New “Backdraft” Podcast Series, on the Peace and Conflict Consequences of Climate Responses

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  January 27, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    geoff-43The 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.

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  • Backdraft Revisited: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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    From the Wilson Center  //  January 12, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi
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    Whether or not we respond to climate change – and the security implications of that decision – is a major public policy question. But increasingly experts are paying closer attention to how we respond.

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