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  • Adapting to Climate Change in Cities May Require a Major Rethink

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 1, 2016  //  By Linda Shi
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    Around the world, urbanization and climate change are transforming societies and environments, and the stakes could not be higher for the poor and marginalized. The 2015 UN climate conference in Paris (COP-21) highlighted the need for coordinated action to address the profound injustice of the world’s most disadvantaged people bearing the greatest costs of climate impacts. Among those at the COP were mayors from around the world advocating for the important role of cities in these efforts.

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  • Climate Compensation: How Loss and Damage Fared in the Paris Agreement

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    Wilson on COP-21  //  January 12, 2016  //  By Saleemul Huq & Roger-Mark De Souza
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    “Wilson Perspectives: The Paris Climate Agreement” is a series of short essays exploring the key issues that emerged during the 21st Conference of Parties that originally appeared on WilsonCenter.org.

    The agreement coming out of the COP-21 negotiations gave breakthrough recognition to the concept of “loss and damage,” sorting through thorny discussions and politically charged negotiating positions. These positions revolved around liability and compensation, which developing countries called for but developed countries were unwilling to have included in the agreement.

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  • Modi’s Grand Plan to Divert Himalayan Rivers Faces Obstacles

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 22, 2015  //  By Ashok Swain
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    One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first priorities after winning an overwhelming victory last year on a platform of development and growth is to fast-track a decades-old plan to link India’s rivers.

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  • John Wihbey, Yale Climate Connections

    Nuancing “Climate Refugee” Language and Images

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    December 18, 2015  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by John Wihbey, appeared on Yale Climate Connections.

    Migrants and Syrian refugees have become the new “stranded polar bear” of climate change imagery. But most such impacts will seldom be so dramatic or camera-ready.

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  • Islands in Paris: New Climate Deal Gives Some Recognition to Humanity’s Truth Bearers

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    December 16, 2015  //  By Roger-Mark De Souza
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    The new climate deal coming out of Paris commits governments to hold the rise in average global temperatures to “well below” two degrees Celsius compared to preindustrial levels. An important dimension of this agreement calls for subsequent work on limiting the increase to 1.5 degrees. This is an important win for islands and other low-lying countries, and for humanity.

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  • Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs

    4 Myths About Climate Change in South Asia

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    December 9, 2015  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by Michael Kugelman, appeared on Foreign Affairs.

    Climate change is a very real threat. It will have major implications for every country and region in the world, but South Asia is particularly vulnerable. To appropriately address the challenges there, the world will have to confront four misconceptions about climate change in South Asia. With world leaders convening in Paris to hash out a new agreement on climate change, now is the right time to do it.

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  • The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security, and Climate Change (Report Launch)

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    From the Wilson Center  //  December 8, 2015  //  By Schuyler Null & Deepshri Mathur
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    In the hierarchy of global and national security challenges, climate change comes out near the top, said a panel of distinguished defense, diplomacy, and intelligence leaders at the Wilson Center on November 17. [Video Below]

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  • In Morocco, a Microcosm of What Leads Many to Leave Their Home Countries

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 7, 2015  //  By Duncan Gromko
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    Global attention is understandably focused on Syrian refugees, but the migration crisis in Europe is part of a bigger trend that climate and social scientists have been warning about for years.

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