A Key UN Committee Ruled that Climate Refugees Deserve Special Protection. Here’s Why That Matters Mark Leon Goldberg February 4, 2020 This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Yvonne Su, University of Guelph The recent ruling by a United Nations committee that govern...
How Diplomacy Can Save the Nile River Mark Leon Goldberg January 28, 2020 Ed note. This first appeared in The Conversation Mahemud Tekuya, University of the Pacific Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are a step closer to resolving their disputes over the filling and operation of the Gra...
One of the World’s Leading Climate Scientists Explains the Link Between the Australia Bush Fires and Climate Change Mark Leon Goldberg January 7, 2020 I am a climate scientist on holiday in the Blue Mountains, watching climate change in action After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I’m study...
How A Dispute Over Carbon Market Regulations Tripped Up COP25 in Madrid Mark Leon Goldberg December 17, 2019 Kate Dooley, University of Melbourne The United Nations’ COP25 climate talks concluded on Sunday morning in Madrid, almost 40 hours overtime. After two weeks of protracted talks meant to address the planet...
How Climate Change is Fueling the Rise of Right Wing Nationalism Mark Leon Goldberg October 2, 2019 This article by Joshua Conrad Jackson of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland is republished from The Conversation Two trends have defined the past decade ...
“Our enemy right now is physics.” Greta Thunberg Responds to the Latest IPCC Report on Sea Level Rise and Ocean Health Mark Leon Goldberg September 26, 2019 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest scientific report, this time focusing on the intersection of climate change and the world's oceans. The New York Times offers a useful rundow...
New Research Shows Why The World Needs Global Cooperation to Preserve National Fish Stocks Mark Leon Goldberg September 20, 2019 Ed note. This story originally appeared in The Conversation. It is republished here as part of UN Dispatch’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to stren...
“Don’t Bring a Speech. Bring a Plan!” Why The UN Climate Action Summit Matters Mark Leon Goldberg September 17, 2019 This story originally appeared in the Nation. It is republished here as part of UN Dispatch's partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage ...
Jair Bolsonaro and the Destruction of the Amazon Mark Leon Goldberg August 29, 2019 Fires raging in the Amazon have captured the world's attention and put focus on the policies of the Brazilian government. The true extent of the fires is not yet known--but most sources suggest that the scal...