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Fiji presidency must not fail climate change victims at “Pacific COP”

When the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the southern Pacific struck the Fiji Islands on the afternoon of 20 February 2016, I was in...

Is energy 'dominance' the right goal for US policy?

Posted on 18 July 2017 by Guest Author Daniel Raimi, Senior research associate (Resources for the Future), Lecturer (University of Michigan Ford School of Public...

Egypt faces water insecurity as Ethiopian mega-dam starts filling

“The land has become very dry,” observes Mahmoud Abo Khokha, a farmer from Al Monofeyya governorate, in Egypt’s Nile delta. “Drought is no longer...

Brazil’s Temer extends amnesty to Amazon land-grabbers

Land-grabbing follows a well-established pattern in the Brazilian Amazon. First, you invade a public vacant land, clear the forest as fast as you can, plant pasture,...

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