Climate and Environment

Behind the Scenes: Unveiling Paradiplomacy in the Climate Conference of the Parties

Ana Almeida-Dias • Dec 15 2024 • Articles

Contributions from regional and local authorities enrich the global dialogue, fostering more representative decision-making processes.

Eco-Socialism: An Introduction

Vivian Ike • Dec 12 2024 • Articles

Eco-socialism seeks to transform a global exploitative and unequal socioeconomic relationship amongst human beings into one that is free from degradation, exploitation, and inequality.

Opinion – Redefining India’s Public Expenditure for Climate Resilience

Pavittarbir Saggu • Dec 6 2024 • Articles

The 2024-25 Union Budget reflects the challenge of balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability.

Powering the Future: Latin America’s Geopolitical Role in the Global Energy Transition

Axel Bastián Poque González • Nov 28 2024 • Articles

An economy reliant on intensive energy and material consumption offers no true solution if it merely replaces fossil fuels with renewables.

India’s Health and Climate Inequities: Navigating the Global North-South Divide

Vivek N.D. • Oct 28 2024 • Articles

Historical legacies of colonialism, extractive capitalism and current global governance structures have left India vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Northern Ireland as a Sacrifice Zone: The Lough Neagh Crisis

Louise Taylor and John Barry • Sep 22 2024 • Articles

Northern Ireland remains vulnerable to exploitation by corporate interests and governmental neglect which sacrifices public health and environmental integrity for financial gain.

Thinking Global Podcast – Marilou Bayard Trépanier

E-International Relations • Aug 19 2024 • Features

Marilou Bayard Trépanier speaks about the Oil Kills uprising, its aims and practices, the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, and more.

Opinion – Chipko’s Lessons for Today’s Global Environmentalism

Adarsh Badri • May 28 2024 • Articles

As Governments grapple with the impending ecological crisis, they must leverage the knowledge that is innate to local communities.

Opinion – The EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products and its Malcontents

Tiago Torrin Itoh Viergever • May 19 2024 • Articles

Critiques of the EUDR have ranged from allegations of simple economic protectionism, to denouncing it as a form of green colonialism.

Thinking Global Podcast – Genevieve Guenther

E-International Relations • Jan 8 2024 • Features

Genevieve Guenther speaks about conceptualising ‘climate crisis’, COP28, and the Language, Communication and Misinformation of Climate Politics.

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