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Cristina Mamani walks near an unused boat in Lake Poopo, Bolivia's second largest lake which has dried up due to water diversion for regional irrigation needs and a warmer, drier climate, according to local residents and scientists on July 24, 2021.
Cristina Mamani walks near an unused boat in Lake Poopo, Bolivia's second largest lake which has dried up due to water diversion for regional irrigation needs and a warmer, drier climate, according to local residents and scientists on July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
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The Crisis of the Century: How the United States Can Protect Climate Migrants

by Anya Howko-Johnson August 26, 2022

The disastrous effects of climate change could displace more than a billion people in the next thirty years. International and domestic legal systems cannot continue to let climate migrants slip through the cracks.

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Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Earth Day’s New Urgency in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 underscores the extent to which human health depends on environmental health. 
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 20, 2020 The Internationalist
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The World Health Organization Is Trump’s Latest Target in His COVID-19 Blame Game
The White House-orchestrated campaign to discredit the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic has been unfair and disingenuous.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 13, 2020 The Internationalist
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Can the Lessons of the Coronavirus Pandemic Be Applied to Climate Change?
Contrasting COVID-19 with climate change underscores how urgency often trumps importance in motivating political action.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 6, 2020 The Internationalist
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    As COVID-19 Runs Rampant, the UN Security Council Must Act
    The disastrous stalemate between the United States and China is preventing the UN Security Council from issuing a powerful resolution, or even a declaration, to mobilize the international system against the pandemic.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 30, 2020 The Internationalist
  • Public Health Threats and Pandemics
    The Multilateral System Still Cannot Get Its Act Together on COVID-19
    In the absence of U.S. leadership, multilateral responses to COVID-19 have been inadequate to date.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 26, 2020 The Internationalist