From my December 2010 post on the Council on Foreign Relations website A View from Kenya on Cancun Rather than observe this year’s climate negotiations, I decided to go to Kenya instead of Cancun for conversations with regional experts about the expected effects of climate change. It’s part of on-going… read more
Climate Change
Climate and security
Here is the text of a new op-ed in last weekend’s Washington Post on climate and national security: Insecure About Climate Change By Joshua W. Busby From the Council on Foreign Relations Saturday, March 22, 2008; 12:00 AM When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Americans witnessed what looked… read more
Biofuels, oil, and the price of food
The New York Times has a piece which suggests some disturbing news about food prices, oil prices, and biofuels. Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia’s largest slum, in Mumbai, India, to ration every drop. Bakeries in the United States are fretting over higher shortening costs. And… read more