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August 01, 2024

New Commentary Urges Policy to Combat Rising Food Weaponization

Because of the interconnected food systems of today’s globalized world, the use of food as a weapon of war is more dangerous than ever, and few tools exist for governments to deter the deadly practice, according to a recent commentary in Foreign Affairs, one of the country’s most celebrated and influential foreign policy…

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Research Record: Global Shortfalls in Documented Actions to Conserve Biodiversity

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

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Breakout group during the 3rd Glasgow Dialogue on climate loss and damage. Here, small island developing states (SIDS) highlighted their unique challenges and called for international support through innovative financing and technical assistance. Photo Credit: Michael Chapman

C-PREE Students Report Back on 2024 Bonn Climate Change Conference

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat hosts two primary meetings each year: the Bonn Climate Change Conference typically held in June, and the Conference of Parties (COP) typically held in November. The Bonn Climate Conference centers around sessions of two permanent subsidiary bodies –…

Breakout group during the 3rd Glasgow Dialogue on climate loss and damage. Here, small island developing states (SIDS) highlighted their unique challenges and called for international support through innovative financing and technical assistance. Photo Credit: Michael Chapman

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Research Record: Globalizing Green Industrial Policy Through Technology Transfers

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

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Kenya Trip Inspires Global Health Projects

It’s one thing to learn about health inequities in the classroom; it’s quite another to see what they look like in the real world.In January, the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) sponsored a trip to Kenya for 19 Princeton juniors minoring in global health and health policy. The fully funded experience, supported by the…

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Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones Likely to Increase Flood Hazard in North Atlantic as Climate Warms

Many of the most devastating tropical cyclones (TCs) in history, including Hurricanes Andrew (1992) and Katrina (2005), underwent a process known as rapid intensification (RI). Defined by a wind speed increase of at least 30 knots (35 mph) within a 24-hour period, RI can be difficult to predict and can leave coastal regions…

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December 21, 2023

For COP28 Delegates, an Invaluable Chance to Observe – and Learn

The SPIA students who served as delegates to the world’s primary multilateral decision-making forum on climate change earlier this month described busy days filled with observations of negotiations, meetings with officials from across the globe, and invaluable networking.The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United…

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December 07, 2023

ESOC Conference Examines Causes and Effects of 1973-74 Oil Embargo

Thirty policy experts and scholars from the United States, Western Europe, and the Middle East met at the SPIA in D.C. space in early November for a conference on the 50th anniversary of OPEC’s 1973-74 oil embargo. The two-day gathering, presented by SPIA’s Empirical Studies of Conflict project, featured discussions and debates…

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December 01, 2023

SPIA Leads Princeton Delegation to U.N. Climate Change Conference

Nearly a dozen faculty, students, and staff from the School of Public and International Affairs are serving as delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which began this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Known officially as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on…

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October 25, 2023

SPIA Doctoral Student Among Four Chosen for N.J. Wind Institute Fellowship

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment has selected four graduate students from across Princeton to participate in the 2023-2024 New Jersey Wind Institute Fellowship.The selected fellows will carry out research projects to tackle timely challenges facing the growing offshore wind industry, from characterizing winds…

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