Are Tariffs the Best Way To Address Green Tech Overcapacity?
…crackdown on overcapacity, climate policies demand the opposite. Policy linkage that both addresses China’s overcapacity problem and mitigates or reverses climate change is currently absent from the discussion. Linking Climate…
Agrarian Reform and U.S.-India Relations
…surplus labor. The absence of newer climate-friendly technologies, the sustained use of traditional methods of cultivation and animal husbandry, and increasing deforestation are accelerating climate change in India. Achieving Joint…
Barry Blechman’s co-written Op-ed in Foreign Affairs on Climate Change
…reached with China and India, signals a significant strategic development in the process of tackling climate change, a process that has so far made only glacial progress. Until recently, countries…
Should Food Security be a National Security Issue?
…of food waste, and the impact of commodity prices on the daily cost of food. Food security both affects and is vulnerable to changes in economic stability, climate change, education…
Barry Blechman op-ed in CNN on climate change
…major props for innovation and courage — climate change. Indeed, the deal concluded with China this week marks another example in which the President has bucked conventional wisdom, attacks from the climate…
Barry Blechman is cited in New Security Beat on negotiating methods for climate change activists
Time to Get Creative: Cold War Lessons for Climate Negotiators You might wonder what the Cold War has to do with climate change, but as I listened last month to…
Iranian and Saudi Perspectives on the Risks of Climate Change and Ecological Deterioration
The repercussions of climate change and environmental challenges pose enormous risks to Iran and Saudi Arabia alike. While there are differences in geography and climate in both countries, they also have…
Stimson Center and XL Catlin working to manage ocean risks to vulnerable coastal communities
…Bermuda – May 9, 2018: Urban coastal centers are facing unprecedented social, economic and structural risks due to the impacts of climate change. The combination of people migrating from drought…