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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. Read More

Global Governance
The Biden Administration and the Future of Multilateralism
For multilateralism to be credible, the Biden administration will need to reconsolidate a U.S. political consensus on global engagement and persuade foreign partners of America’s global staying power.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 21, 2021 The Internationalist
Global Governance
The U.S. Intelligence Community’s Harrowing Take on Our Possible Futures
In the next 40 years, institutions at all levels could struggle to adapt to abrupt demographic shifts, economic turbulence, runaway climate change, and technological innovation.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 19, 2021 The Internationalist
Energy and Environment
The ‘30x30’ Campaign to Save the Biosphere
To preserve a stable biosphere, scientists believe humanity must protect 30 percent of the Earth by 2030, and ideally half of the planet by midcentury.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 12, 2021 The Internationalist
  • China
    China’s Belt and Road Initiative Should Be on the World Bank and IMF’s Agenda
    The Spring Meetings should address BRI’s pitfalls and advance policies to help put BRI countries on the path toward recovery and sustainable growth.
    Blog Post by David Sacks and Guest Blogger for the Internationalist April 7, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Global Governance
    A Concert of Powers Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come—and Gone
    A global concert of major powers has undeniable attraction as a potential deus ex machina in our age of global turbulence. But its elegant simplicity is a mirage.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 5, 2021 International Institutions and Global Governance Program