ENVIRONMENT
“Anthropocene” is a widely proposed name for the geological epoch that covers human impact on our planet. But it is not synonymous with “climate change,”…
ANALYSIS
- by Julia Adeney Thomas, University of Notre Dame
ENVIRONMENT
While the toll that breathing polluted air exacts on health and physical wellbeing is richly documented, lesser known is its impact on human intelligence. In…
ANALYSIS
- by Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Xi Chen, Yale University
ENVIRONMENT
Transboundary haze is a form of seasonal air pollution affecting up to six Southeast Asian countries on an almost annual basis. The first reports of…
ANALYSIS
- by Helena Varkkey, University of Malaya
ENVIRONMENT
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) distinguishes itself by being a laggard in terms of renewable energy deployment...
INSIGHT
- by Assaad Razzouk, Sindicatum Renewable Energy
ENVIRONMENT
China has made substantial progress in reducing pollution, particularly since the start of the 11th Five-Year Plan in 2006. At the 2014 National People’s Congress,…
ANALYSIS
- by Bing Zhang, Nanjing University
ENVIRONMENT
Climate change has been the subject of intense public policy discussion for at least 25 years, since the 1992 landmark Earth Summit in Rio de…
INSIGHT
- by Paula DiPerna, CDP
ENVIRONMENT
Air pollution, and especially particulate matter, is one of the greatest threats to human health. It leads to respiratory and heart diseases, strokes, and lung…
ANALYSIS
- by Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago