How Climate Negotiators Got to Yes (With an Assist from Nelson Mandela)(Paris, France) After several long days, nights, and weekends, we have a historic global climate agreement! The mood the past...
The Paris Agreement is a Triumph of DiplomacyThe Paris Agreement has been formally adopted by 195 counties. Here it is. Over the coming days, we can expect...
The French Ambassador to the USA Just Summed Up The Totality of Climate Diplomacy in One TweetI asked Twitter’s greatest diplomat, the French ambassador to the USA, Gerard Araud, if he could predict what is going...
Why Did Central Asia’s Leading Democracy Ban a Human Rights Watch Researcher?Central Asia’s leading democracy has taken the unprecedented step of barring a prominent human rights researcher from entering the country....
The WHO Tells Us What We Don’t Want to Hear About Sexually Transmitted InfectionsThe World Health Organization announced new data today on syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. All four infections are sexually transmitted,...
USDA: Climate Change Will Make Our Food Less NutritiousClimate change is going to have a massive impact on food and food security. It’s both true and intuitive. Agriculture...
Will Climate Refugees Be Included in the Outcome of the Paris Climate Talks?(PARIS) – There are few other issues in the larger financial and political discussions at COP 21 that highlight the...
El Nino + ISIS. Why the UN is Preparing for the Toughest Year Ever.The numbers don’t lie. The United Nations is expecting 2016 to be the most challenging year ever for global humanitarian...
What the World’s Poorest Countries Want from the Paris Climate Talks(Paris, France) – There are 40,000 delegates at the Le Bourget venue here in Paris for the UN climate talks right...