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Seabirds Could Lead Ocean Conservation Efforts Soaring
By Student Delegate Samantha Morrison The Seychelles has been successful in creating a network of protected areas and reviving endangered avian species. Continued research on seabird distributions and habitats could lead States like the Seychelles to have better-informed planning for … Continue reading
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Deeper Dive into the Blue New Deal
by Vanessa Brown In my last blog post, I argued that the Ocean Climate Action Plan (“OCAP” or “Blue New Deal”) would shape Biden’s climate policy and provide the framework for the United States’ Paris Agreement re-entry. In this post … Continue reading
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COP 2020 Delegation
Sarah Reiter – Professor/ Delegation Leader Professor Reiter is experienced in managing large teams and negotiating complex natural resource policy issues. Professor Reiter’s work spans research on the ocean’s seafloor to its uppermost polar region, and has played a role … Continue reading
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The science is essentially unchallenged, climate activism has reached a crescendo, and U.N. climate negotiators are once again poised to punt. What went wrong, and why isn’t anyone here surprised? How is it that the U.N. has been taking shots … Continue reading
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COP25’s Move to Spain: Leaving Civil Society Out in the Cold?
On October 30th, the Chilean government announced it would no longer host COP25 which was to be held in Santiago, due to security concerns stemming from mass protests. The protests are a response to the country’s rising cost of living … Continue reading
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Sea Level Rise & Food Security
Today, nearly a third of the global population is food insecure. The United Nations defines the four pillars of food security as: The availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied by domestic production or imports Access by … Continue reading
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RGGI: An Experiment in Cap-and-Trade
The Kyoto Protocol entered into force in 2005 includes several parts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a cap-and-trade mechanism aimed at developing a global market for reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). Several countries, regions, and states have … Continue reading
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The Ocean-Climate Nexus Securing a stable atmosphere and a resilient ocean for future generations The Ocean sustains all life on Earth. It produces half the oxygen every human being breathes, absorbs a quarter of all of the CO2 emitted by … Continue reading
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