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Carbon Pricing for the Climate: How It Could Work
Most economists and policy experts agree that the most effective and cheapest way to curb the carbon dioxide emissions that are warming the planet is to “put a price on carbon.” How effective are carbon taxes and cap and trade programs?
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Environmental Peace-Building in the Middle East
The next part of our tour provided an excellent example of the challenges people working toward environmental peace-building in Israel, Jordan and Palestine face: a site that we were unable to visit.
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Dead Pool: the Depletion of a Shared Natural Resource
The Dead Sea could soon enough become a dead “pool” of sea. But perhaps there’s another alternative.
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Land and Conflict in East Jerusalem: the Role of Urban Planning
Without an urban civil culture, it is impossible to promote political and economic participation, and a non-unified Jerusalem will remain.
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Crossing Boundaries for the Environment
It is not the concept of a borderless nature that should serve as a model to facilitate cross-border dialogue and cooperation. Rather, it is that nature’s systems are interconnected and their borders are open to exchange.
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Forecasting Climate, with Help from the Baobab Tree
To improve climate forecasts, scientists study the complex interactions and mechanisms within the climate system. But they also need to hear from potential users of climate information, such as farmers, to get a better understanding of how people may use that information in their decision making.
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ESP Student Profile: Arina Larasati Susijo
Arina Larasati Susijo has a passion for science, and was drawn to the MPA-ESP program to take advantage of learning the science behind the environmental policy issues facing her native Indonesia and the Southeast Asian region.
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Climate Game Challenge Finalists Announced
The Columbia Climate Center-led PoLAR Partnership, together with Autodesk and Games for Change are proud to announce the four finalists in the Games for Change Climate Challenge.
