...Pamela McElwee Political leaders once again failed to commit to adequate action against climate change, but its increasingly visible impacts have galvanized citizen activists. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California climate change...

... climate adaptation 3The world appears to be overflowing with data, thanks to rapid developments in tech-nology over the past ten to fifteen years. It is increasingly argued that data-driven knowledge is capable of changing the ways in which we under- stand the world as well as the ways in which...

... of the University of California environment pollution consumers trade climate change 22 The best set of solutions is likely to span the scale from individual to interna- tional action, and to address different points along the chain of production, con- sumption, and disposal. Solving the Oceans...

... Charts © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California climate change carbon emissions Paris Agreement adaptation Atmospheric CO2 concentration Data: Scripps/NOAA-ESRL (Measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii) 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020...

...Abidin Kusno The lack of planning can be understood as an art of governing, for it ensures the operation of informality. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Indonesia urbanization development climate change colonialism Joko...

...Eric Tagliacozzo For centuries, India searched for ways to escape the deadly cycle of too little water and too much. Pollution and climate change threaten to undo the progress it has made. Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's History , Sunil Amrith Basic...

...Joshua Busby Backsliding on the Paris Agreement by the United States and others is steering the globe down a dangerous path toward runaway climate change. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Busby Paris Agreement climate...

...Joshua Lustig A prominent philosopher of science calls for a radical political realignment to confront the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime , by Bruno Latour Polity , 2018 © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved...

... China United States Donald Trump multilateralism nationalism protectionism tariffs trade climate change nuclear proliferation 29 [D]o the EU and Japan have the capabilities and resolve to save the global mul- tilateral order and save themselves? Europe and Japan Try to Stave Off Global...

...Gina Ziervogel Adaptation is only going to get more challenging as changes in the climate intensify, combining with the effects of rapid urbanization and the persistently high levels of poverty and inequality in Africa. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents...

...Andrea J. Nightingale Clearly, Nepalis have to adapt to climate change. It is less clear what precisely the challenges are and who is best positioned to lead the response. Andrea Nightingale Nepal climate change Himalayas glaciers agriculture climate adaptation development caste...

...Laura Booth; Anthony Patt Europeans are taking the risks presented by climate change seriously, and responding. Sixth in a series on climate adaptation around the world. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Laura Booth Anthony...

...Mark Carey; Holly Moulton A focus on the various factors shaping climate adaptation over time—particularly the social, economic, and political dimensions—fosters a reframing and broadening of the climate change problem. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents...

...Daniel P. Aldrich Focusing solely on physical infrastructure runs the risk of overlooking another critical component of resilience: social infrastructure. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Aldrich climate change global...

...Rosamond L. Naylor What will it take to meet the global food needs of up to 10 billion people by midcentury in the midst of expanding civil conflicts, human displacement, extreme climate events, and other natural disasters? © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents...

...Jeannie Sowers The degree to which states are tolerant of local-level initiatives and mobilization will become only more important as climate impacts intensify. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Jeannie Sowers Middle East North...

...Susan Crate Northern Russia's physical vulnerability to climate change is at best severe, considering the underlying permafrost and the threat that warming presents to that foundation. 277 Northern Russia s physical vulnerability to climate change is at best severe, con- sidering the underlying...

...Pamela McElwee [O]ne-size-fits-all adaptation will not work, given the wide variety of regional impacts in Vietnam. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Pamela McElwee Vietnam climate change adaptation global warming sea...

... India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Ganges River Indus River Brahmaputra River Indus Water Treaty Ganges Waters Treaty climate change environment rivers South Asia 148 [D]isputes have deepened to the extent that water is seen as inherently a source of conflict rather than...

... in Ecuador where the same principle was written into its constitution as reformed in 2008. It also had influence in neighbor- ing Peru, but more at the level of indigenous organi- zation than in state policy. Morales s government took an aggressive stance in climate change nego- tiations, linking the issue...