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  • Hunger in Shangri-La: Causes and Consequences of Food Insecurity in the World’s Mountains

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 6, 2016  //  By Andrew Taber
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    Over the past decade, the number of undernourished people around the world has declined by around 167 million, to just under 800 million people. However, this positive trend glosses over a stark reality: Food insecurity is increasing in the world’s mountains. This pattern has been under-recognized by development experts and governments, a dangerous oversight with far-reaching social and environmental repercussions.

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  • Secondary Cities: Neglected Drivers of Growing Economies [Infographic]

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    From the Wilson Center  //  December 28, 2015  //  By Jessica Wiggins
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    While much of the attention in international development and academia has focused on mega and primary cities, rapidly growing secondary cities will play a significant role in global economic development in this, the urban millennium. [Video Below]

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  • Growing Role of Armed Forces in Disaster Relief a Dangerous Trend for Latin America

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    Guest Contributor  //  October 22, 2015  //  By Pablo Scuticchio
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    From earthquakes to floods, when natural disasters strike, the military is often called on to bolster civilian responses. Policymakers throughout Latin America in particular are increasingly relying on the armed forces for emergency assistance.

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  • Climate Change Adaptation and Population Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean (Report)

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    From the Wilson Center  //  October 14, 2015  //  By Kathleen Mogelgaard
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    Global climate trends indicate that our planet will continue warming into the next century, leading to more extreme climate conditions. The Latin America and Caribbean region is vulnerable to some of the most challenging aspects of climate change – sea-level rise, changes in precipitation, glacial melting, spreading of disease, and extreme weather events.

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  • Roger-Mark De Souza: Focus on Urban Dynamics, Water Scarcity in Latin America and the Caribbean

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    Friday Podcasts  //  July 31, 2015  //  By Linnea Bennett

    desouza-smallFor the past four decades, urbanization in Latin American and Caribbean countries has been on the rise. Today it’s one of the most urbanized regions of the world with 79 percent of the population living in towns and cities. By 2050, 9 out of 10 residents are expected to live in cities. This density and movement of people is critical to understanding the region’s water and climate change issues, says ECSP’s Roger Mark De Souza in this week’s podcast.

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  • As Glacial Floods Threaten Mountain Communities, a Global Exchange Is Fostering Adaptation

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 14, 2015  //  By Alton Byers & Jorge Recharte
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    In 1941, glacial Lake Palcacocha in the Peruvian Andes burst its moraine dam of earth and stones, sending a torrent of water through the city of Huaraz and killing an estimated 5,000 people. Between 1941 and 1950, two more glacial lake outburst floods, or GLOFs, which can occur after enough water fills in behind a glacier’s end moraine, killed another 5,000 people in the Cordillera Blanca. In response, the government set up one of the most effective glaciological units in the world with the goal of preventing future outburst floods. Using drain pipes, reinforced terminal moraine dams, sophisticated tunnels, and valve systems, they drained or contained 34 lakes in the region. As a result, thousands of lives were saved.

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  • Interview With Michael Brown, UN Senior Mediation Expert in Natural Resources and Land Conflicts

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    April 8, 2015  //  By Linnea Bennett
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    Natural resources rarely feature during peacebuilding efforts, but there is growing evidence that’s a mistake. Unresolved natural resource management issues can make peace more fragile, while addressing them can act as a bridge toward cooperation.

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  • Fiona Harvey, Ensia

    Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About the UN Climate Talks But Were Afraid to Ask

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    March 5, 2015  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by Fiona Harvey, appeared on Ensia as part one of a context series leading up to COP-21 in Paris beginning November 30. 

    Climate change negotiations seem to crawl along interminably at the pace of the glaciers they are meant to protect, with little perceptible progress as meeting follows meeting and conference follows lackluster conference. But this year we are seeing remarkable momentum building toward a historic conference in Paris in the closing days of 2015, by the end of which we will either have a new international agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, or we will have seen the last of truly global efforts to strike a deal on saving our planet.

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