The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently apologized for publishing assertions based on flawed data in its 2007 report. They asserted that:
Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world, and if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and [...]

A recent New York Times article, highlighted the plight of the victims of climate change, who are forced to leave their homes due to changes in weather patterns, flooding, encroaching sea waters, and desertification.  Because people displaced by climate change do not qualify for refugee status and often have very limited funds, internal migration from effected [...]

Our Senior Fellow and member of last week’s International Republican Institute’s election monitoring delegation, Dr. Evelyn Farkas, published a piece today in the Daily Beast on how to move beyond the Afghan elections and execute a new decentralized and dynamic approach to Afghanistan.
She writes:
The outcome of the Afghan elections may very well make the task for the [...]

Chinese climate change experts recently published “2050 China Energy and CO2 Emissions Report”, which outlines the devastating effects of climate change on China as well as methods to reduce carbon emissions.
The new Chinese study suggests setting first relative and then absolute caps on greenhouse gases. It also recommends future “cap-and-trade” measures and delves into [...]

An article today from McClatchy (Do U.S. drones kill Pakistani extremists or recruit them?) further bolsteres the claim that drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal regions may be doing more harm that good.  The article quotes government and military officials who say the strikes cause Islamic radicals to migrate to urban centers–where they are more difficult [...]