Economics of Climate Change

Backgrounder: Agriculture 4.0 in Vietnam

cc Vietnam News Agency (VNA), modified, Vụ mùa năm 2018, toàn huyện Ðiện Biên (Điện Biên) gieo cấy gần 6.400ha lúa nước và hơn 2.200ha lúa nương chủ yếu là các giống lúa: Bắc thơm số 7, IR64, Nếp 97, 98... Năng suất lúa trung bình toàn huyện ước đạt gần 60 tạ/ha, sản lượng ước đạt trên 37.800 tấn. Ảnh: Phan Tuấn Anh - TTXVN

In Vietnam we can see many of the challenges, and solutions, to farming in the era of climate change.

Locust Swarms Descend on East Africa’s Agricultural Heartland

Locust Swarm, cc Niv Singer, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/, Flickr

A food crisis of biblical proportions is brewing in East Africa.

The Geopolitical Impact of Climate Change in Vietnam

SubmergedTree in Laos, cc Basile Morin, modified, 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Submerged_tree_under_a_dark_and_cloudy_sky_in_Si_Phan_Don.jpg

As a country that’s particularly susceptible to climate change, Vietnam will face a daunting assortment of security, economic, and political challenges in the decades to come.

Is Indonesia Abandoning Its Capital?

JakartaFlood, cc Flickr Seika, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, modified

Sure, Jakarta might be underwater in less than five decades. But doing something about it is easier said than done.

The Green New Deal and the War on Commercial Aviation

United airlines, cc Flickr ERIC SALARD, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Though we may take it for granted, air travel is still a miracle of modern society.

Outlook 2019: The Year in Drought

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Tracking some of the most vulnerable and food-insecure regions in what is expected to be the hottest year ever.

IPCC Report: Demise of the ‘Here-Us-Now’ Civilization

Sunset, cc Flickr Giuliano Maiolini, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

A new world of consensus and collaboration is not a better place. It is the only way for the human race to survive.

Water Conflict: Iran’s Farmers Take on the Establishment

Iranfarmer, cc Flickr Beshef, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Water shortages are fueling protests in Iran, drawing a forceful response from the authorities.

Ethiopia: A Geopolitical Time Bomb in the Making

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Ethiopia’s climate-sensitive economy, growing population, and inter-ethnic conflict make it a geopolitical time bomb primed to explode.

Climate Change: Unfit for the Residual Heat

Smokestacks, cc Flickr Quinn Dombrowski, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

New strategies must be explored to address the climate change elephant in the room: industrial heat.

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