Policy
American University Experts Weigh in on COP29
On 11 November, the 29th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (the UNFCCC’s COP-29) begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. This round of negotiations is the last one before countries are expected to submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement by early 2025. Since many countries are still off […]
Article: The Political Economy of Energy Security in Wartime Yemen
CECE Postdoctoral Fellow, Abeer Al-Eryani, has published a new article in Middle East Law and Governance, titled The Political Economy of Energy Security in Wartime Yemen. The study examines how war fragments traditional governance structures, alters subsidy frameworks, and destabilizes infrastructure, creating a complex energy landscape responsive to shifting power dynamics. In addition to these […]
Why Aren’t the Presidential Candidates Talking Much About Climate Change? – Recap
Why is climate change not a bigger issue in the 2024 electoral campaign? The Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act were some of the nation’s most successful legislative achievements of the last decade, and they were all initiated also by the executive […]
Article: Same Old Story with a Different Ending: Homophily and preferential selection of [...]
CECE Director, Dr. Dana Fisher, CECE Project Manager, W. Chris Jayko, and University of Exeter Professor, Dr. Lorien Jasny, published a paper studying the US Climate Policy Network. The paper takes a deeper look into how a climate policy, in this case the Inflation Reduction Act, was passed in such a polarised network. Read the […]
Article: Agroecology beyond the statist quo? Transforming U.S. imperial agricultural policy
In her new paper “Agroecology beyond the statist quo? Transforming U.S. imperial agricultural policy” School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace and co-author Antonio Roman-Alcalá discuss agroecology in the US and the possibility of the USDA incorporating more agroecology-based methods into current practices. You can read the full article here.
CHCI Issue Summit 2024 – Latinos en La Lucha: Climate Challenges and Green [...]
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) hosted a dynamic two-day Issue Summit on May 7-8, 2024, focusing on critical issues impacting the nation and the Latino community. Held at the Capital Turnaround, the summit provided a platform for high-level discussions on health, technology, workforce, economic empowerment, and leadership, with a special emphasis on the Latino […]
Report: Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal
The Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal released their most recent report- “Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal.” In this report, they “look to the possible versions of a future with carbon removal, imagining its best forms, its worst forms, and its most likely forms.” You can read all of the Institute’s findings […]
Article: Geopolitical Ecology for Our Times
In their new guest editoral in Political Geography, Dr. Malini Rangathan, an Associate Professor in the School of International Service, and Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, a professor in the Department of Environment, Development, and Health, work together to explore the concept of geopolitical ecology as an alternative lens to traditional dominant framing. Geopolitical Ecology for Our […]
State of Deception Report Released on Mining and Water Rights in El Salvador
On Thursday, January 11, MiningWatch Canada hosted a press release event presenting the findings from the ‘State of Deception’ fact-finding report on the detained water defenders, mining, and the state of human rights under the Bukele regime in El Salvador. The report is co-authored by Robin Broad, a research professor in Environment, Development, and Health […]
COP28 DC Climate Hub
On Thursday, December 7th, CECE, The School of International Service, and We Don’t Have Time cohosted the COP28 DC Climate Hub. Policymakers, climate activists, journalists, and academic experts came together to discuss what is needed to ensure a just and equitable climate transition. This multi-panel event included: Ambassadors Up-Close: COP28 Reflections, The Power of Storytelling, […]
Article: How Effective are Climate Protests at Swaying Policy—and what could make a difference
Nature has just published “How Effective are Climate Protests at Swaying Policy—and what could make a difference.” By CECE Director Dana R. Fisher, Oscar Berglund, and Colin J. Davis. The piece integrates Fisher’s research on climate protests and the growing radical flank in climate activism with Berglund and Davis’ work on public responses to climate action, which […]
CECE Hosted Historic Farm Bill Summit and Briefing
From April 30 - May 2, 2023 the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF), Berkeley Food Institute (BFI), American University’s Center for Environment, Community, and Equity (CECE) and Antiracist Research Policy Center (ARPC) hosted Pointing the Farm Bill Toward Racial Justice, a Farm Bill Summit & Briefing. The summit was a historic convening of farmers, advocates, policy-makers, scholars, students, and the general […]