Environment & Sustainability

At the turn of the twenty-first century, Pakistan found itself in a familiar place of being under military rule. Its military dictator, General Pervaiz Musharraf, in the immediate…

Water security in South Africa is characterized by challenges and inequalities alike. South Africa is a water-scarce country. It receives only around half the global average rainfall. In addition, this…

In 2018, the Danish Government established a Consulate General in Palo Alto, California as part of the first-ever Danish Foreign and Security Policy Strategy. The Danish presence in California is…

The Arctic is warming at a rate that is almost twice the global average. While one can generalize about the global impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels,…

As the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) nears completion, the Nile River Basin is at a crossroads. The next few months will be consequential for relations between countries in the…

In 2010, a drug trafficking group moved into the heart of Honduras’ Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve. At gunpoint, the gang terrorized indigenous Pech and Miskitu residents into giving up their…

In the eighteen months before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, public opinion about climate change underwent unprecedented transformations. That period is over. Now, few people are thinking much about…

As the world rightfully frets about the impacts of a changing climate, the term climate change does not accurately describe what is happening in the Arctic. Snow cover is…

“For over thirty years the scientific knowledge of global climate change has been on the political and public agenda, but today,…

Crises tied to drinking water affordability, quality, and accessibility are on the rise in the twenty-first century in locations and economies where we might not expect them: cities in middle…