Populism and Extractivism in Mexico and Brazil: Progress or Power Consolidation?
AMLO and Bolsonaro both consolidate power in their countries, while their promises of progress through the extractive industries have thus far been barely effective.
Renewable Energy: Local Benefits or Marginalisation?
(How) can small-scale rural renewable energy projects improve livelihoods of Wayuu people in rural Colombia? This essay explores this issue through the water-energy-food security nexus.
Transforming Global Food Systems: Centering Indigenous Land Returns
Greater land returns to Indigenous people and recognition of Indigenous sovereignty can address the worsening global food insecurity crises.
Australia: International Agreements as Obligation in the Case of Climate Change
The high-emitting state of Australia has obligations considering its international agreements: especially vis-à-vis its vulnerable Pacific Island state neighbours.
Practice Theory: How The Consumer’s Limited Agency Hampers Climate Action
The limited agency of consumers hampers green choices. A force upon the practice instead of the consumer can strengthen climate action.
Environmental Protection or Economic Growth: What Do Nigerians Think?
On one hand, the Nigerian economy is deeply tied to oil revenue. On the other, Nigerians have continued to suffer from socio-economic and political crises linked to climate factors.
Wind Energy in Mexico: Who Benefits?
The wind energy project Eólica del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico resulted in negative outcomes for indigenous peoples, and as such violated principles of environmental justice.
Bargaining for Protection – the Case of Climate Refugees
The lack of an international consensus on climate refugees and the power of humanitarian aid determine the status and movement of such refugees across states.
The Race for the Arctic: A Neorealist Case Study of Russia and the United States
The Arctic is open for business. This paper evaluates the behavior of Arctic states, specially the US and Russia, in an era of newly emerging opportunities and threats.
Climate Debt: A Model for Indigenous Latin American Self-determination?
Latin America provides relevant context for the implications of a climate debt scheme given its high levels of foreign debt and significant export of natural resources.
