Pakistan’s floods highlight the climate-health nexus
Author: Jeremy Youde, University of Minnesota Duluth The devastating 2022 floods in Pakistan highlight the interplay between natural disasters, climate…
CBAM creates key opportunity for Indonesia
Authors: Novia Xu and Nadya Daulay, CSIS The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the manifestation of the European Union’s…
Biden Says Global Warming Is ‘Most Existential Threat To Humanity’ In History, More Dangerous Than Nuclear War
Last Updated on January 31, 2023 President Joe Biden spoke with a group of Manhattan donors about the possibility of…
Pakistan still treading water in 2023
Author: Michael Kugelman, Wilson Centre For much of 2022, Pakistani politics were in a state of severe crisis, exacerbating concurrent…
The death of US–China climate cooperation
Author: Yuhan Zhang, UC Berkeley The alarm bells of the climate crisis have been ringing for years. There is an…
Climate change challenges Asia Pacific security
Author: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, India Planning Commission At first glance, regional security issues seem to be remote from the problems…
China’s authoritarian rule brings short-term gains but long-term pains to its climate policy
Author: Hao Tan, University of Newcastle At the recent 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President…
Concerns for Pacific democracy, but no crisis yet
Author: Kerryn Baker, ANU In 2022, considerable pressure was put on democratic norms and practices in the Pacific Islands. Taken…
NY Governor Kathy Hochul Criticized For Attempt To Blame ‘Climate Change’ For Blizzard
Last Updated on December 28, 2022 At a press conference on Christmas Eve day, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D)…
Securitising climate policy will keep the Indo-Pacific afloat
Author: Mely Caballero-Anthony, NTU In 2021 the Sixth Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said…