Climate and Environment

Opinion – Reclaiming Just Transition from Neocolonial Energy Agendas

Shoutao Wu • Sep 11 2025 • Articles

The green transition can worsen inequality through displacement, gentrification, and unemployment.

Climate, Peace, and Partnership: Insights from Germany

Benjamin Pohl and Janani Vivekananda • Sep 11 2025 • Articles

Integrating peacebuilding into climate action is not just a moral imperative but a strategic necessity.

Opinion – Northern Ireland as an Environmental Sacrifice Zone

Louise Taylor • Sep 9 2025 • Articles

Environmental reviews and action plans are clearly not fit to remedy present environmental problems as they are chronically underfunded.

Interview – Joyeeta Gupta

E-International Relations • Aug 4 2025 • Features

Joyeeta Gupta calls for justice-centered climate governance, urging bold reforms to protect the planet’s most vulnerable and rethink how we value progress.

A Vindication for African Women in the Adaptation and Mitigation Policy-Making Process

Aya Kamil • Jul 14 2025 • Articles

Gender responsive measures must be substantial, a step away from performative virtue signaling, and not falling prey to pink and green washing.

Opinion – Rethinking the China Challenge

Richard W. Coughlin • Jun 27 2025 • Articles

The central task is not merely to outcompete China, but to reimagine power in a world of environmental limits and democratic erosion.

Opinion – How Trump Undermines Europe’s Climate Ambitions

Tiago Torrin Itoh Viergever • Mar 8 2025 • Articles

The erosion of Europe’s sustainability ambitions underscores that global interdependence cuts both ways.

New Directions in Climate Politics Research

Defne Günay • Feb 26 2025 • Articles

Future research should contribute to a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of climate politics, addressing both structural inequalities and the evolving nature of climate discourse.

The Long Destruction of Gaza: Toxic Saturation, Health Decimation, and Climate Loss and Damage

Carly A. Krakow • Feb 18 2025 • Articles

Gaza is exceptionally climate-vulnerable, building on years of health and environmental decimation under unlawful blockade.

Ten Years After the Paris Agreement: The Tragedy of the Overshoot Generation

The overshoot generation are squeezed between the self-serving policies of present-day leaders and the climate hopes of the youth.

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