“But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you.” Young climate phenom Greta Thunberg delivered this line in a speech at a Climate Action
Category: Environmental Change
transnational nature of climate change and/or its impact on your environment, i.e. UN Climate Change Summit
Climate Change and Economic Hegemony
Since the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s, the world has already warmed by one…
Paris on Fire: Lessons from France’s Yellow Vest Movement
“There is no Planet B.” In April 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron addressed1 a joint…
An Elephant Never Forgets, Unless it’s Proven Science
Over the last ten years, US party politics have prevented climate change from being treated…
Climate Refugees: From Abstraction to Reality
The United Nations defines a refugee as “a person forced to flee his or her…
The Economics of Preventing Global Warming
In the same week in October of 2018 that a UN climate report was released…
The Renaissance of Water Conflict
Ethiopia first announced its plan to construct the Grand Renaissance Dam in 2010, as the…
Models for Reducing Food Waste
Throughout the world, food waste accounts for a significant percentage of carbon emissions. From the…
Bayer Acquires Monsanto: Controversy & Implications for Global Agriculture
Following two years of negotiations and approval seeking from various governmental bodies, the acquisition of the…
Adam Schiff: Bernard Brodie Lecture and Interview
Congressman Adam Schiff came to UCLA to give the Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions…