climate vulnerability

Climate policy is taking a hit, but succumbing to this backsliding is not the answer. Instead, there are real security, economic, and political benefits to hitting back.

COP29 marks an opportunity for the Global North to pay for its fair share of global climate finance and help small island developing states.

The Inter-American Court's guidance could become an invaluable tool for shaping a principled and pragmatic international response to the pressing human rights challenge of climate-related…

The U.S. needs greater intelligence on how climate change will affect battlefields, allies, and adversaries.

By 2050, almost 80 percent of people 60 and over will live in these countries, requiring sustained engagement to reduce economic risks.

A Colombia case shows how older people can lead their communities to sustainability and resilience. Their participation is essential.

The impact of climate change on mobility cannot be ignored, and should be at the forefront of the negotiations and decisions at COP28.

Evacuation is a key risk-reduction strategy. But it isn't always temporary. Yet governments usually don't account for longer-term scenarios.

In the Indo-Pacific, climate funding can help combat China's influence - boosting allies' climate resilience and U.S. national security.

The U.S. can bolster ocean action in a manner that centers on justice for the communities that are most impacted by climate change.

"While climate justice was taken at least somewhat seriously at the United Nations COP27 conference, little effort seems to have been made to change the business-as-usual approach…

"While a loss and damage fund is long overdue, its establishment should be seen as evidence of slow, but incremental, progress on the long road towards climate justice for vulnerable…