Climate and Environment

Interview – Sherri Goodman

E-International Relations • Jan 24 2019 • Features

Sherri Goodman discusses climate change as a national security threat, water security, the Arctic, her career with the US Government and gives her advice to young scholars.

Interview – Danny Dorling

E-International Relations • Dec 3 2018 • Features

Prof. Danny Dorling talks about economic inequality and its impacts, more equal economic models, Britain’s economic divides and the role of geography in global challenges.

The Emerging Politics of Geoengineering

Ina Moller • Nov 7 2018 • Articles

Geoengineering is still an idea under investigation, but an idea with potentially major consequences on political behavior and decision making.

With Great Power Comes Great Climate Responsibility

Sanna Kopra • Oct 12 2018 • Articles

Great powers are assessed with regard to their response and responsibility to limit the negative impact of climate change.

Interview – Marina Povitkina

E-International Relations • Sep 20 2018 • Features

Marina Povitkina discusses her PhD research on democracy and its effect on environmental performance, as well as the Paris Agreement, green policies and island nations.

Lake Chad: A Climate of Fragility

Any future interventions in and around Lake Chad will have to be mindful of its particular climate-fragility and these trends that are likely to shape its future.

The Barents Sea: Environment Cooperation in the Anthropocene Era

Florian Vidal • May 6 2018 • Articles

The Barents region illustrates the fate of this civilization erected from fossil resources. To some extent, it may even appear as a last stand.

Is Climate Change a Threat Multiplier? R2P and Environmental Disasters

Stefanie Fishel • Apr 24 2018 • Articles

R2P’s expanded notion of sovereignty as responsibility may be flexible enough to add to effective climate change response, but it cannot address the long term ecological crises we face.

‘Firepower’ and Environmental Security in the Anthropocene

Simon Dalby • Mar 1 2018 • Articles

A broader understanding of the interconnectedness of things in a dynamic biosphere where a combustion powered technosphere is rapidly expanding is essential.

Review – Four Futures: Life After Capitalism

Richard W. Coughlin • Jan 11 2018 • Features

Peter Frase’s book illuminates the potential effects of robotization and climate change on a post-capitalist future and the institutional structures that might emerge.

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