Nicaragua will sign the Paris Agreement, leaving only the US and Syria on the sidelines John Light September 22, 2017Soon, the US and war-torn Syria will be the only countries uninterested in participating in the Paris Agreement.This week, El Nuevo Diario, one of Managua’s major newspapers, reported that Nicaragua’s presi...
With the US Pulling Out of Climate Commitments, Two Key UN Bodies Face a Cash Crunch John Light September 15, 2017With the US backing away — haltingly — from international climate negotiations, other countries are stepping up to fill a funding gap at a key international organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
The 5 Biggest Health Impacts of Massive Hurricanes Alanna Shaikh, MPH September 11, 2017The health impact of Hurricane really consists of two parts – injuries and deaths caused by the actual impacts of the storm and then the follow-on impact of the damage caused by the storm. The damage is what wi...
How Can the International Community Do Hurricane Response Better? Mark Leon Goldberg September 8, 2017With Houston still reeling from Hurricane Harvey, Irma causing massive havoc in the Caribbean, and more storms on the way, I thought it would be timely and interesting to speak with my guest today, Maria Iv...
This hurricane season shows why small islands pushed so hard for climate action John Light September 7, 2017With Hurricane Irma battering much of the Caribbean, currently plowing its way past the Dominican Republic, toward Haiti, Cuba and onward to the US, two other hurricanes formed in the Atlantic. This phenomenon...
Irma is Heading for Haiti. Is the Country Prepared? Mark Leon Goldberg September 6, 2017The strongest Hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic is poised to strike the country in the region least able to handle it.Haiti is on the path of Hurricane Irma. According to current projections, the sto...
Map of the Day: Historic Flooding in South Asia Cuts a MUCH wider path than Harvey John Light August 31, 2017As the US reels from the lasting affects of Hurricane Harvey, a historically powerful storm arriving at the peak of hurricane season, tens of millions of South Asians halfway around the world are also deep ...
Trump Wants a Wall on the Border With Mexico. But a new UN Report Shows a Better Way to Stop Illegal Migration to the US Mark Leon Goldberg August 30, 2017In a rabble-rousing speech in Arizona last week, President Trump doubled-down on his pledge to build a wall on the southern border of the United States to prevent would-be migrants from crossing the border ille...
The UN called for a “War on Plastic” and Kenya just went nuclear John Light August 29, 2017In February 2017, the UN Environment Program called for a “war on ocean plastic” — a crackdown on things like bottles, plastic bags, and non-reusable packaging that pollute marine ecosystems, rivers and bea...
