Legal Planet
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Among the targets of the critics is the work of William Nordhaus, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018 for advancing economic analysis of climate change, and for his steadfast advocacy of a carbon tax. I think these political constraints are a key reason economists focused so long – too long – on carbon pricing.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
A year of financial and political crises have left Pakistan’s economy on a knife-edge. Pakistan, which is already facing political and economic turmoil, has been thrown into the front line of the human-induced climate crisis,” a U.N. statement read earlier this week. .
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Farm Bill Reauthorization As of posting, we anticipate that Congress will finish 2024 with yet another extension of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). In September, we published a new report: Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 16, 2021
As famines historically are caused by conflict or political issues, and socioeconomic vulnerabilities, the famine in Madagascar–one of the lowest emitters of carbon and greenhouse gasses in the world–stands out as being heavily influenced by climate change. The last public records, from 2018, show the purse at $20 billion short.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 6, 2023
The increasing threat is influencing South Korean domestic politics, with President Yoon publicly declaring South Korea may consider the option to build its own nuclear weapons. Analysis of satellite imagery shows limited activity at this site between the fall of 2018 and the spring of 2022.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2023
As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. Little wonder that scholars in 2018 described Australian climate policy has a “festival of misadventure. As in the U.S., there has been strong polarization on the climate issue.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
At a time when we are experiencing increased reliance on and benefits from advancements in science, alongside the need to regulate emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence , we need STEM students and professionals to be politically engaged.
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