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To Fight Climate Change and Insecurity in West Africa, Start with Democracy Posted: 19 Nov 2021 09:47 AM PST Secretary of State Blinken is right to focus on climate change and democracy during his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. At the top of his and everyone else's mind should be the question: will democratic backsliding in countries like Benin make it more difficult to deal with the effects of climate change? Even more worrisome: will […] Related posts: Climate War in the Sahel? Pastoral Insecurity in West Africa Is Not What It Seems Climate Change and Farmers-Herders Conflict in Nigeria A... Continue reading on NewSecurityBeat.org |
Avoiding the Next Pandemic: A NOW Interview with Sharon Guynup Posted: 19 Nov 2021 07:34 AM PST For microbes, there are no boundaries. "They jump the Darwinian divide," says Sharon Guynup, Environmental Journalist and Wilson Center Global Fellow, in a new episode of Wilson NOW. "Because of human alteration to the planet, we [are] increasing the emergence of new zoonotic diseases," says Guynup.Human encroachment in wildlife landscapes is causing increased spillover infections […] Related posts: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Vulnerable Populations: A Wilson Center NOW Interview with James... Continue reading on NewSecurityBeat.org |
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