... the 2021 presidential election following the estallido social ) does not presently have plans to repeat the process; the Pinochet-era constitution remains in effect. New policies are emerging, however. Legislation has been enacted to protect wetlands. The 2022 Climate Change Framework Law facilitates...

.... As the moral urgency of environmental crises intensify, attention to religion provides an informative window onto the dynamics of global environmental politics. This article describes three ways in which religions are both shaping and being shaped by anthropogenic climate change. Religion is geopolitically...

... tended to prioritize big science over other knowledge forms, demonstrating that climate adaptation materializes around three major concerns: data, vulnerability, and climate justice. The overall objective of climate adaptation projects in the Caribbean is to mainstream climate change into government...

... this problem by recasting climate policy as strategic economic policy, and by focusing on the local benefits to clean-energy technology development rather than the costs of climate mitigation. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 climate change green industrial policy energy...

...Mia M. Bennett The snow-white Arctic is darkening physically and economically. Climate change is turning frozen seas into open water and blackening snow and ice as soot spreads and algae propagates. At the same time, the region’s shadow economy is expanding. Illicit activities like human...

... prohibitions. Eco-Emancipation: An Earthly Politics of Freedom , Sharon R.   Krause ( Princeton University Press , 2023 ) climate change environmentalism nonhuman nature exploitation emancipation It has become more and more confusing to speak of a singular “environmental movement...

...Shandana Khan Mohmand; Miguel Loureiro; Lewis Sida The 2022 floods that affected 33 million people in Pakistan resulted from a confluence of factors. The nation is highly vulnerable to climate change, which requires international action. But internal governance reforms are needed to improve...

...Marco Siddi An energy crisis has unfolded in the European Union since the autumn of 2021. The crisis has worsened due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine and climate change. The EU reacted by launching the REPowerEU agenda, which aims at cutting imports of Russian fossil fuels by diversifying trade...

... majority in Congress, mounting debt and inflation constrained his ability to deliver. [email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Colombia elections leftism peace climate change Gustavo Petro Álvaro Uribe Petro took advantage of this moment...

... of the University of California 2022 Nepal tourism sustainable development climate change COVID-19 pandemic The future of tourism in Nepal in a post-COVID-19 world must be considered in this context. It is also important to look back at the history of tourism development and evaluate the periods...

...J. R. McNeill Excerpts from a Current History essay published two decades ago. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 environment environmental politics climate change Domestic politics in open societies proved mildly more responsive to environmental problems...

... to cause disasters. In international climate change negotiations, countries in the global South demand that the global North pay to address the climate-related crisis that it caused. Unfortunately, these demands for reparations are about funding only the “adaptations” required to avoid additional...

.... The review considers these arguments in light of previous examples of environmental radicalism. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 books climate change civil disobedience nonviolence environmental activism How to Blow Up a Pipeline Andreas Malm Verso, 2021...

...Emma Calgaro This essay examines the everyday inequalities, stigmas, and injustices that leave people with disabilities highly vulnerable to escalating climate change risks. It argues that including people with disabilities in disaster risk reduction processes is essential to shaping inclusive...

...Jessica Fanzo Agriculture systems, which account for a sizable share of global greenhouse gas emissions, are placing a growing burden on the environment while also contributing to increasingly common health problems. Climate change is making the situation worse by reducing agricultural productivity...

...Pamela McElwee While often treated separately, biodiversity loss and climate change are related and mutually reinforcing problems. Rising temperatures and other climate impacts have seriously altered the composition, function, and structure of many ecosystems and species, some irreversibly...

... of California 2021 climate change carbon emissions carbon removal climate justice Every year, the global atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases is rising. Human activities annually expel a combined 40 billion metric tonnes (40 gigatonnes) of carbon dioxide. The figure grows to around 50...

... outlets for finance; it is redirecting finance and divesting from the businesses driving us down the destructive pathway we are on. Because of perverse incentives, business as usual continues to be highly profitable. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 climate change...

... are remembered and venerated for bringing Islam to the region and civilizing the wasteland. Bangladesh India religion Islam Hinduism environment climate change As Bangladesh took steps toward creating a secular democracy after gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971, the country experienced...

... 2020 COVID-19 pandemic energy renewable energy climate change oil Like so many things, the global energy system has been profoundly shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spring of 2020, with much of the world in lockdown and widespread travel restrictions in place, people stopped...