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Classic Geopolitics and Today’s Nexus of Conflict and Climate
›In recent weeks, users of the social network Bluesky were able to watch a compelling video featuring Jessica Newberry Le Vey—a Climate Change and Health Policy Fellow at Imperial College’s Climate Cares Centre. The video begins with Le Vey’s direct-to-camera assertion that the climate crisis is a health crisis affecting people around the world. Then Le Vey’s image disappears—yet we hear her (or someone who sounds eerily like her) speak over a compendium of combat footage that includes video of ATACAM missiles being fired and larger strategic missiles on the move. Climate is important, declares the speaker, but there are more serious problems that threaten our security.
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ECSP Weekly Watch | January 6 – 10
›A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program
Room for Justice in Vietnam’s Energy Transition? (The Diplomat)
Vietnam’s crackdown on environmental leaders such as Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng on disputed charges raises significant concerns about human rights, transparency, and civil society’s role in its energy transition. These arrests have garnered international attention, but Vietnam’s government argues that they had nothing to do with environmental work. And while Hoàng and other activists have been released, their work remains curtailed. The message is clear: you’re not welcome here.
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ECSP Weekly Watch | December 16 – 20
›A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program
Humanitarians Highlight the Climate-Conflict Nexus (The New Humanitarian)
Climate change’s disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities and conflict, particularly during natural disasters. This vexed connection has led humanitarians and peacebuilders increasingly to address climate and conflict challenges together in order to provide integrated relief, recovery, and aid.
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A Little Help from My Friends: Chinese Clean Energy Investments in Vietnam
›China and the Global Energy Transition // China Environment Forum // Guest Contributor // December 19, 2024 // By Linjie Bao & Diego MonteroIn his speech on the world’s struggle against poverty at the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024, China’s President Xi Jinping, cited his country’s standout track record of wealth creation, and exulted: “If China can make it, other developing countries can make it too.
China’s promise to guide the Global South on the path toward modernization has included support for green and sustainable development. Yet its pledge also holds a central environmental challenge, especially as the share of global greenhouse gas emissions from emerging markets and developing economies continues to increase.
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ECSP Weekly Watch | December 9 – 13
›A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program
Mekong River Development Faces Public Outcry (Mongabay)
The Mekong River flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam—and a new development on this waterway near the downstream Thailand-Laos border has triggered protests in Thailand. The Pak Beng hydropower development is a joint project of China Datang Overseas Investment and Thailand-based Gulf Energy Development which is estimated to generate 912 megawatts of power to be sold to Thailand’s state energy company.
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The Arc | Inclusive Green Energy: Accelerating Just Transitions
›In today’s episode of The Arc, we are featuring a panel discussion on how to accelerate just energy transitions around the globe from the Forum on Advancing Inclusive Climate Action in Foreign Policy and Development, hosted by the Wilson Center in collaboration with the White House and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, with support from the USAID Climate Adaptation Support Activity.
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US-Africa Energy Development: An Opportunity for the Trump Administration?
›China Environment Forum // Guest Contributor // December 12, 2024 // By Kalim Shah & Etchu TabenyangWhile traditional fuels likely will remain part of Africa’s energy portfolio for some time to come, the fossil fuel industry does face strong headwinds from a continuing global march towards alternative sources of clean energy. Indeed, the energy poverty experienced by nearly a billion Africans seems incomprehensible given the combination of massive untapped oil and gas resources, as well as available hydropower, solar and wind potential across the continent.
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ECSP Weekly Watch | December 2 – 6
›A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program
Famine Prevention Systems Prove Insufficient (Reuters)
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (or IPC) is a global partnership that monitors hunger levels. It is widely recognized for its five-phase classification system of food insecurity that ranges from “minimal” (Phase 1) to “famine” (Phase 5). While the IPC’s aim is to inform humanitarian organizations at an early stage of a crisis to allow them streamline the flow of aid, the worsening global hunger levels experienced this year have pointed to shortcomings in existing prevention systems.
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