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December 21, 2022
Two Rhode Island Coastal Flood Defense Projects Provide Lessons for Making Future Infrastructure Projects More Successful
More than ten years have passed since Hurricane Sandy exposed New York City to devastating coastal flooding. Several cost-effective flood megaprojects, including levees and storm surge barriers, have been presented to the NY-NJ region to prevent future billion-dollar disasters, but none have been selected to be built…
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December 19, 2022
Dean's Dialogue: COP27 - Students and Faculty Discuss Climate Policy
Recently, a group of our Princeton students and faculty traveled to Sharm El Sheik, Egypt for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – or COP27. While there, the students had a first-hand opportunity to observe the proceedings of the largest global gathering on climate change. In this episode we talk with…
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Aerial drone view of large soybean farms in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Photo credit: Frontpage / Shutterstock
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November 30, 2022
Europe’s Proposed Climate Plan Will Outsource Deforestation and Harm Biodiversity
Europe’s “Fit for 55” climate plan, through its bioenergy rules, outsources deforestation and sacrifices Europe’s opportunity for a beneficial land future. In July 2021, the European Union proposed a policy package that aimed to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by fifty-five percent by 2030. The series of laws known as “Fit…
Aerial drone view of large soybean farms in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Photo credit: Frontpage / Shutterstock
Farm in Nepal. Photo credit: Nicolas Choquette-Levy.
November 28, 2022
Compounding Climate and Social Hazards Result in Different Migration Patterns Around the World
In agricultural communities, migration patterns are affected by the collective impacts of climate-related droughts and existing social vulnerabilities, often increasing migration within countries but also potentially limiting options for long-range, international migration. Extreme drought related to climate change holds…
Farm in Nepal. Photo credit: Nicolas Choquette-Levy.
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November 23, 2022
SPIA Students Explore the World’s Climate Challenges at COP27
Recognizing the importance of introducing the next generation to some of the world’s most important policy conversations, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) sent a group of students to the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el…
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November 15, 2022
Princeton Researchers Tackle Infectious Disease, Climate, and the Link Between the Two
As experienced in the recent COVID pandemic, the outbreak and rapid spread of infectious disease has potential to dramatically impact human morality, public health systems, and economies worldwide. Society’s ability to control and prevent infectious disease hinges on our understanding of the many factors influencing…
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November 11, 2022
Michael Oppenheimer Writes Chapter in Greta Thunberg’s New Book
Princeton climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer first came to the attention of climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2019, the year of the children’s strike that made the Swedish teenager a household name across the globe. Thunberg’s team reached out to him after the release of an influential report on the world’s oceans that…
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Podcasts
November 04, 2022
Dean's Dialogue: Low-carbon Buildings From Plastic Waste (Kidus Asfaw MPA ’14)
Within 30 years, Africa will be home to nearly 25% of the global population. As such, it’s poised to become a global power and is the focus of current global development finance. Kubik, co-founded by Kidus Asfaw MPA ’14, is an environmental tech company turning plastic waste into low-carbon buildings. Kubik’s focus on building…
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September 29, 2022
Princeton Dissociates From Segments of Fossil Fuel Industry
The Board of Trustees of Princeton University voted earlier this month to dissociate from 90 companies pursuant to a fossil fuel dissociation decision made last year that focused on the most-polluting segments of the industry and on concerns about corporate disinformation campaigns. As a step toward the Board’s related…
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Migrants
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September 15, 2022
SPIA Reacts: Have Migrants Become 'Political Pawns'?
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 14, causing confusion on the Massachusetts island. A day later, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent two buses of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris' residence, sparking further political debate. These actions have led some to wonder…
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