Posted on February 6, 2019. Tags: climate change, COP24, Donald Trump, Trump administration
New members of the United States Congress supporting a Green New Deal do so against a backdrop of increasing American isolation on climate change, driven by President Trump’s intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite impending American non-participation, which will formally take effect after November 4, 2020, the international community reached a milestone in […]
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Posted in Environmental Security, UN, World
Posted on January 24, 2016. Tags: Arctic, canada, Justin Trudeau, Ocean, Putin, Russia, The West, Trade
14,000 feet beneath the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole, a Russian flag forged in titanium rests on the seabed. The flag, planted by a manned submersible during a 2007 expedition, was conceived as a publicity stunt intended to promote Russia’s territorial claims in the Arctic. The expedition was immediately rebuked […]
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Posted in Environmental Security, Global Economy, Russia, Security Issues, World
Posted on May 19, 2017. Tags: Austria, climate change, Conservatives, environment, EU, European Union, Far-right, France, general election 2017, Globalization, green issues, green party, green politics, itvdebates, Macron, Media, Melenchon, Populism, Trump, UK, US, Van Der Bellen
Who will provide strong and stable leadership on the environment? Following May’s shock election announcement there has only been one issue on the agenda for both the media and political parties themselves: Brexit. One worrying effect of our preoccupation with constitutional issues is that green politics have been ignored. Despite Green Party gains in the […]
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Posted in Environmental Security, World