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The Environment Has Become a Hostage of Armed Conflict

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 09:01 PM PST

This year, 2019, marked a new nadir for the environment that may reflect an ominous trend in warfare: Environmentally sensitive targets are being weaponized and taken hostage. Farmland went up in flames and burning oil tankers dominated the headlines, serving as a stark reminder of conflict's ripple effects.On November 6, we pause to observe the […] Related posts: Environmental Security in Times of Armed Conflict Erika Weinthal on the Weaponization of Water in Conflict Settings Lessons...

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Permafrost Melt, Rising Seas, and Coastal Erosion Threaten Arctic Communities

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 07:43 AM PST

"In 1959, he knew it was coming," said Delbert Pungowiyi, a Yupik native of Savoonga, Alaska, on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea in an interview at the Wilson Center’s 8th Syymposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations. "He prepared me my whole life for this. It is […] Related posts: Energy Innovation in Remote Arctic Communities China Has Arrived in the Arctic: Q&A With Sherri Goodman 50 Years of Water at Wilson: Rising New...

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