Tag: Environment & Sustainability
100 Articles
- Science & Technology
Responding to Water Vulnerabilities at Home and Abroad
Affordability is one of the most subjective measures used by water regulators and utility managers charged with providing household drinking water. In the United States, for…
April 14, 2020
- Forum
Climate Change and Global Health: A Tale of Two Crises
The Thirty-Year Crisis: The Mitigation Failure Adopted in 1992, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) launched global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.…
April 13, 2020
- Global Governance
Tropical Forests and Climate Change Mitigation: The Decisive Role of Environmental Governance
In terms of deforestation control, Brazil’s trajectory in the last two decades is a good example. Five countries around the world (Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
March 20, 2020
- Forum
Preparing for the Inevitable: Climate Change and the Military
Vulnerabilities Sea level rise, extreme storms, extreme drought and heat, and Arctic ice melt all degrade security and military readiness. These are not future challenges; each…
March 18, 2020
- Global Governance
Inherent Tensions: The Contradictions Between Global Climate and Local Forest Governance
As many of the world’s most fertile and accessible lands have already been deforested, most of the remaining large forest areas are found in remote or otherwise economically…
March 12, 2020
- Science & Technology
PART II: How Auctions Helped Solar Become the Cheapest Electricity in the World
As price competitiveness continues to intensify and the leading price continues to fall, competitive tendering has become the principal method for procurement of renewable energy…
February 25, 2020
- Science & Technology
PART I: How Auctions Helped Solar Become the Cheapest Electricity in the World
Government-administered competitive reverse auctions—exercises in which a single buyer accepts bids from many sellers to procure goods or services at lowest cost—have quickly…
February 24, 2020
- Forum
What Can FEMA Learn from the Historic 2017 Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons?
One of the crucial lessons that has emerged from 2017 is that FEMA cannot, on its own, bring about recovery after a disaster strikes. However, FEMA can offer resources that will…
January 28, 2020
- Business & Economics
Iraq’s Power Sector: Problems and Prospects
A Lightning Rod for Political Upheaval To plug the gap in its power supply, Iraq has started to buy electricity and natural gas from neighboring Iran. However, this solution…
January 13, 2020
- Science & Technology
Renewable Energy Renews Azerbaijan’s Energy Strategy
With growing importance attached to natural gas as a clean energy source, Azerbaijan has also made its name as a gas-exporting country. The Southern Gas Corridor—a multimillion…
December 26, 2019