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December 17, 2015
WWS Reacts: Will the Paris Climate Agreement be a 'Turning Point' for the World?
On Dec. 12, the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris ended with the first climate change agreement in which the representatives of all 195 nations have agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The deal comes after more than 20 years of deliberation following the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change…
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December 09, 2015
“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal
While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition clearly reveals a publication worthy of the time and effort involved.Preparing the journal necessitated bringing together, over the course of a long winter “reading weekend” on the Princeton…
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December 07, 2015
More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor
People often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but that may be a dangerous assumption when it comes to climate change, according to new Princeton research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Past research shows the poor bear the brunt of climate change impacts,…
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November 23, 2015
To Save the Earth, Better Nitrogen Use on a Hungrier Planet Must be Addressed
The global population is expected to increase by two to three billion people by 2050, a projection raising serious concerns about sustainable development, biodiversity and food security, but new research led by Princeton University shows that more efficient use of nitrogen fertilizers may address both environmental issues and…
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November 12, 2015
Princeton-Fung Global Forum Identifies Approaches for Dealing with 'Modern Plagues'
On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars and students gathered to discuss the lessons learned from the Ebola crisis as part of the third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum.The two-day conversation investigated global health crises,…
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September 03, 2015
How to Curb Emissions? Put a Price on Carbon
Literally putting a price on carbon pollution and other greenhouse gasses is the best approach for nurturing the rapid growth of renewable energy and reducing emissions.While prospects for a comprehensive carbon price are dim, especially in the U.S., many other policy approaches can spur the renewables revolution, according to…
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July 09, 2015
MPA Alumni Honored for Social Entrepreneurship in Community-Shared Solar Power
Eighty percent of Americans do not have access to solar power, leaving them with higher energy bills and larger carbon footprints. Steve Moilanen MPA ’14 and Steph Speirs MPA ’14 have endeavored to unlock the market for those households through Solstice Initiative. Their cofounded organization uses a “community solar” design,…
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April 14, 2015
WWS Reacts: Iran and the Path to a Nuclear Agreement
A preliminary agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program was reached April 2 by Iran and six world powers: the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, China, France, Russia, U.S. and the U.K. – or the P5 – plus Germany, a group commonly referred to as the P5+1. Since its release, some have criticized the Joint…
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March 23, 2015
WWS Reacts: Dissecting China's Annual Session
China's National People's Congress (NPC) recently ended its annual session, a 10-day event in which nearly 3,000 delegates gather to pass laws, approve policies and discuss Asia's economy. One of the biggest announcements made at the session was by Premier Li Keqiang, who said the country's economic growth target would be…
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March 16, 2015
Cropping Africa's Wet Savannas Would Bring High Environmental Costs
With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that converting Africa's wet savannas into farmland would come at a high…