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Announcement comes during Climate Week 2023 September 20, 2023 LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 20, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
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To sustainably scale the production and uptake of meat and dairy analogues globally, there are several critical hurdles and levers that need to be addressed with urgency. These primarily related to how these products should fit into…
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Urgent emissions reduction is a must. But achieving net zero by 2050 demands more – it requires additional carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere. Despite the advancements in carbon removals, many businesses are still unsure…
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Editor's Note: This brief was originally prepared for and presented at the Harvard/DHS Workshop on Impacts and Policy Challenges from Rapid Climate Change in Alaska, co-hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Arctic Initiative and the Science…
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Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out?A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a…
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Editor's Note: This brief was originally prepared for and presented at the Harvard/DHS Workshop on Impacts and Policy Challenges from Rapid Climate Change in Alaska, co-hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Arctic Initiative and the Science…
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Introduction At the foot of the Eqi Glacier in Greenland in June, I watched ice formed thousands of years ago drop into the warming ocean. With this vivid depiction of climate change in my mind, I was disappointed that…
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President John F. Kennedy’s speech came at a critical juncture in Cold War history when tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union had reached an alarming level. Months prior to the speech, the Cuban Missile Crisis of…
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John F. Kennedy’s legacy speech on nuclear disarmament is unlikely to reverse the current dangerous trend. The war in Ukraine demonstrates the powerful deterrent effect of nuclear weapons, as Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling has proven to…
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Sixty years ago, in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy gave probably the greatest speech on nuclear arms ever given by an American President.  Speaking only months after the crisis, Kennedy could have…
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Sixty years ago at American University, President Kennedy delivered what is believed to be one of his finest speeches, where he laid out his “Strategy of Peace.” The message was exceptional and could only be delivered from a position of…
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President Kennedy’s “Strategy of Peace” speech, given at American University sixty years ago, is a reminder of an important reality of his era and ours: nuclear weapons had an earlier and more complete influence on military and strategic…
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