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Water and New Development Path Are Priorities in U.S.-China Climate Agreement
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NEW DELHI, India – There are nearly 1.3 billion people in this swarming democracy, where over 66 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the general election last May. A few of them took me aside this week to express surprise at the puzzle that is the American electorate and its national leadership. -
Integrated Development Programs Work to Expand Conservation and Health Efforts in Uganda and Madagascar
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As is becoming clear, climate change, environmental degradation, population, and poverty alleviation are inextricably linked in many parts of the world. [Video Below]
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Jill Schwartz, World Wildlife Fund
In Nepal, Community Health Workers Take on Conservation Too
›November 12, 2014 // By Wilson Center Staff
At high noon, Devi KC is still deep in the daily chores she started at sunrise: brewing tea and cooking a meal of rice, lentils and spinach for her husband and teenage son; pumping and hauling water from the nearby well; harvesting hay from her field; and sweeping road dirt from her front porch.
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Earth Pushes Back: Era of Indifference Greets Droughts, Floods, Storms, Tsunamis
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There’s nothing demur about Mother Earth these days. She’s fuming and pushing back hard. Very hard.
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Peter Schwartzstein, National Geographic
Amid Terror Attacks, Iraq Faces Water Crisis
›November 5, 2014 // By Wilson Center Staff
Viewed from afar, the two-mile-long Mosul Dam is an impressive sight on the flat, sunbaked northern plains.
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Exhausting the Planet: Jonathan Foley on Balancing Food Security With Environmental Sustainability
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“We’re living in a time of unprecedented change,” says Jonathan Foley, executive director of the California Academy of Sciences.
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Can We Forecast Where Water Conflicts Are Likely to Occur?
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Many of the world’s freshwater systems reach across national boundaries, and growing demands combined with supply constraints may lead to increased potential for international water conflicts. If that’s the case, which international river basins are most at risk of conflict or, conversely, which are most prone to cooperation? What are the factors that increase or decrease conflict risk?
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UK Global Trends Report Forecasts Security Threats in Face of Growth, Climate and Technological Change
›October 22, 2014 // By Heather Randall
By 2045, global population will be north of 9 billion with increased urbanization and migration, natural resource stress, improved medical technologies, greater use of robotic labor, and a shift towards lifelong (and increasingly online) learning, according to a recent report from the UK Ministry of Defense.
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