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How Russia and China are preparing to exploit a warming planet
This Politico article and podcast discusses how Russia and China are preparing to exploit a warming planet. POLITICO’s latest Global Translations podcast explores how climate change is reshaping power dynamics among America’s adversaries.
Hurricanes, floods, and wildfires aside, climate change is delivering another threat: a remaking of geopolitics that stands to […]
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Yale Climate Connections August 16, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘What’s the best kind of car for the climate?’
What it means to be human in an age of climate change
Storytelling is fueling climate conversations at Appalachian State University
Architectural history offers clues […]
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Yale Climate connections 7-26-2019
This week’s articles include:
A small electric plane demonstrates promise, obstacles of climate-friendly air travel
New Koch-funded fossil exhibit at the Smithsonian is curiously quiet on fossil fuels
To save money, Pennsylvania farmer puts his pigs to work
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Study: A brief introduction to climate change and national security
This Yale Climate Connections article discusses climate change and national security. Extreme weather, rising seas, and a melting Arctic could worsen global tensions.
The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, an annual report on security threats to U.S. interests, concludes that “global environmental and ecological degradation, as […]
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Yale Climate Connections, Week of July 12, 2019
This week’s stories include:
How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous
How to prepare for a hurricane
Did climate change play a role in Western Europe’s June heat wave?
The military is interested in deploying renewable energy […]
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Sobering Climate Risks
This podcast discusses a report by the the Australia-based Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. If carbon emissions keep going up until 2030 it will be too late to avoid a ‘hot house’ Earth with a billion climate refugees starting in 2050. These researchers warn the climate is changing […]
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Report: Not all bases factoring extreme weather, climate change into planning, GAO says
This article discusses a GAO report that shows that not all military bases are factoring extreme weather and climate change into planning.
After several bases suffered devastating effects from extreme weather last year, a government report released Wednesday found that the military has not consistently assessed weather risks […]
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Understanding the human side of climate change relocation
This article discusses the human side of climate change relocation.
Climate change is expected to have a striking impact on vulnerable communities, especially in coastal regions where sea-level rise and increased climatic events will make it impossible for some people to remain on their land.
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), […]
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Jay Inslee Is Actually Taking the Climate Refugee Crisis Seriously
This article discusses how Democrat Jay Inslee is taking the climate refugee problem seriously in his campaign for President.
In a future where storms are more powerful and entire communities are destroyed, people are going to need somewhere to go. They’re gonna need new homes—and a leader willing to let […]
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