List of Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Limits of Evo Morales’s Identity Politics
Not all of Bolivia’s indigenous people are happy with the country’s first indigenous president.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Snap Poll: Who Will Make the Best Foreign Policy President?
From climate change to the Islamic State, from Russia to China, we asked scholars who they want tackling America's biggest problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: How to Save 3 Billion Lives — By Just Adding Water
Thanks to BYU researchers, now a small, freeze-dried "kit" can produce vaccines in the world's poorest countries.
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A portrait of Sk. Aptauddin and he's destroyed house by sea water. Photograph from the series " The story of a dead horse". Photo of Jordi Pizarro © **Do not use this photograph with permission by photographer Jordi Pizarro. © all rights reserved. 2015 STORY: Ghoramara is the name of a Island, in bengalí language Ghoramara minds "a dead horse" long time ago there were Bengali tigers in the island. They say that one of them killed the horse of a British settler and that it is the discovery of the animal's dead body what gave the place its name. In only four decades Ghoramara has lost more than 75 percent of its territory. Erosion and sea rising due to climate change are responsible for such a loss. While expert look for scientific explanations, the island's five thousand inhabitants strive to protect what is left and get prepared for the worst. It is a race against time with little tools and expertise, done more with the heart than with preparedness in an effort to save their way of life in one of the world's ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. A struggle that won't be probably mentioned in next December UN climate change summit, although recent reports warn that the island is likely to disappear within the next six to eight years. Waiting to Vanish
As their land disappears into the sea, villagers in the Bay of Bengal struggle to keep their livelihoods.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Missing the Peace for the Trees
Natural resources play a role in nearly half of the world's conflicts, but when it comes to ending wars, they're almost always forgotten.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Astonishing Year for the War on Global Poverty
2015 ended with a flurry of groundbreaking summits that reinvigorated the fight to end poverty and halt climate change. In 2016, we must capitalize on these gains.
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Medical personnel look for survivors following a reported airstrike on the Tariq al-Bab district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 1, 2014. Syrian government and opposition delegations leave 10 days of peace talks with few results and a follow-up meeting uncertain, but analysts and negotiators say the discussions are an important beginning. AFP PHOTO/Mohammed Al-khatieb (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images) What Will Be the Big Story of 2016?
From new flu strains to refugees to Obama’s final moments as U.S. president, FP’s Voices predict a year of big change and challenges.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the ‘Ninja Lanternshark’ Got Its Name
Four children and a shark researcher spoke in a Google Hangout. The rest is taxonomic history.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Is Really Putting Nepal Back Together?
Half a year after Nepal's devastating earthquake, its the smaller community organizations that are helping the country rebuild, while the giants of disaster relief lag behind.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The 19th-Century Savior for 21st-Century Climate Change
The negotiators in Paris should've asked: What would Alexander von Humboldt do?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Dirty Secret of the Paris Climate Deal
In order to hit the goal of warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, we’re relying on a host of unproven, risky future technologies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Good COP, Bad COP on Global Climate Accord
The hard-fought Paris agreement is a huge improvement over the failed Kyoto Protocol. But by itself, it won’t be enough to forestall rising temperatures or looming disasters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Are the Climate Change Complacency We Seek
Politicians in Paris didn’t accomplish nearly enough. And they won’t until a more focused environmental movement makes them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Global Climate Change Talks Achieve Far-Ranging Accord
In Paris, more than 190 countries reach historic agreement to reduce greenhouse gases
