-By Emme Luck, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences, and Leotie Hakkila, ‘19C, Environmental Sciences The public discourse on climate change is everywhere – blogs, newspapers, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, magazines, online journals. It’s impossible to avoid, which is a good thing, because it is a time-sensitive issue that threatens the livelihood of the global population. But we don’t usually notice the language used when we read these headlines, […]
Read More »-By Maria Jolly, a graduate student in the Rollins School of Public Health These videos connect water and environmental justice issues in Atlanta to those happening in other parts of the globe. The first part focuses on the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and its efforts to tackle the issue of storm water and sewage outflow. The second […]
Read More »-By Zola Berger-Schmitz, ‘18C, Music and Environmental Sciences, and Cassidy Schwartz, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences and International Studies The European Union is in an advantageous position to spread climate policy options throughout its member states. Influential countries like Germany that have pioneered renewable energy support mechanisms have a vested interest in helping other member states adopt similar renewable energy policies. […]
Read More »-By Zola Berger-Schmitz, ‘19C, Music and Environmental Sciences, and Cassidy Schwartz, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences and International Studies The European Union and Canada are in the forefront of efforts to find policy solutions to rising temperatures and to counter climate change. They are at center stage in demonstrating how innovative policies can be tested and implemented among countries struggling […]
Read More »-By Ken Wakabayashi, ‘18C, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Dillon Wu, ’19C , Environmental Sciences and International Studies and Yezi Lyu, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences The topic of solar energy may dominate the current conversation on renewable energies, geothermal energy makes a claim as an abundant, reliable source for both energy production and heating and cooling. Geothermal heat pumps are the most […]
Read More »-By Olivia Keck, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences Health became part of COP discussions with approval of the Paris agreement in December 2015. The Earth is experiencing climate change and impacting human health at an unprecedented rate. With over half of the world’s population living near the coast and one of the primary concerns of climate change being […]
Read More »-By Rachel Pui Shi Loh, ‘18C, Economics and International Studies The Adaptation Fund helps developing countries such as Tanzania finance climate adaptation projects. Populations in underdeveloped nations contribute minimally to global emissions compared to developed counterparts. However, they are often the ones who bear the greatest impacts of climate change. Some of the by-products of global warming are increased incidences of weather catastrophes, such […]
Read More »-By Rachel Pui Shi Loh, ‘18C, Economics and International Studies Developing countries are most vulnerable to climate change impacts due to the dearth in technological and financial resources. The Philippines is among the countries most vulnerable because of its heavy exposure to extreme weather events. One such event took place on November 8, 2013. Regarded as one of the strongest storms in recorded history, […]
Read More »-By Naomi Boon, a graduate of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a Robert T. Jones Jr. Scholar at Emory, 2017-2018 The ocean covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, providing a primary source of protein for 2.6 billion people worldwide and supporting $2.5 trillion dollars of economic activity each year. Still, the ocean is […]
Read More »-By Halle Bradshaw, ’19C, Environmental Sciences “We are here not as victims, but as survivors.” These words and so many others echoed through the halls of the COP23 conference in Bonn, Germany. Women’s rights organizations showed that women’s rights are inextricably linked to the issues of climate change and deserve to be center stage in the search […]
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