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A Balancing Act That Is Considerably Less Fun Than a Circus
By Sam Pollan, ‘14 Balance is important. Finding a way to spend adequate resources across several fields is a necessary, but difficult, task. This is doubly true for climate change. The debate about where to allocate funds or establish green infrastructure is full of head shaking and face palms. Just as Dr. Mike MacCracken warned about how people need to utilize all mitigation solutions before seeking climate remediation, the world needs to prioritize which venture will … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Politics
Get local with climate change–in more ways than one!
In the article, “Thinking globally, acting locally –institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa” (available here) author Debra Roberts dicusses the importance of climate adaptation on a slightly smaller scale than we are used to thinking of. As a student in this mosaic program, I have been focused on climate negotiations on an international scale. The conference of the parties works to create agreements for greenhous gas emissions on a global scale, but … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change
Local Government Takes Action!!
By: Christine Burns ’14 The debate between the role local versus federal governments can and should play in climate change legislation is a factor once again in Debra Roberts’ article, “Thinking Globally, Acting locally-institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa.” In this article Roberts discusses the importance of the local municipal government of Durban in initiating climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. Generally speaking, Durban is more focused on local development … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Politics
Can local action combat a global issue?
By: Anna McGinn ’14 In her article, “Thinking globally, acting locally—institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa,” Debra Roberts discusses Durban’s recent initiative to develop as well as address climate change. This reading reminded me of our discussion in Washington DC with Dallas Burtraw from Resources for the Future. Both Roberts and Burtraw emphasize that action at a local level is required to adequately mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Politics, Key COP17 Issues
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