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Increased outsourcing of production has contributed to hypernationalism, which in turn is fueling the rise of anti-democratic leaders who exploit people’s desperation.

The latest UN climate summit ultimately delivered on its primary goal of keeping alive the Paris Agreement’s aim to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels. But according to new research led by ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Charles Perrings, it may become even harder for nations to reach a consensus within this modern era

Like a natural system, democracy faces collapse as polarization leads to loss of diversity. Studies published this week in a special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explore why and how.

Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a

A project by researchers from Princeton University and IIASA investigated how different climate scenarios and policy interventions could affect smallholder farmers in Nepal who stand to lose up to a quarter of their income by 2050 due to the effects of climate change.

Researchers led by Princeton University investigated how different climate scenarios and policy interventions could impact smallholder farmers, or those who maintain less than five acres of land using Nepal as a case study.The research team ...

A project by researchers from Princeton University and IIASA investigated how different climate scenarios and policy interventions could affect

The allocation of COVID-19 vaccine between countries has thus far tended toward vaccine nationalism, wherein countries stockpile vaccines to prioritize access for their citizenry over equitable vaccine sharing.

  Gary “Hoov” Hoover, the director of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and a leading economist on issues of economic policy and its impact on inequality, is among a group of 40 Nobel Prize laureates and global innovators selected for the inaugural Nobel Prize Summit, April 26-28, 2021. Registration for the virtual summit is free and open to the public. Please click here for more information or to register for the event. The Nobel Prize Summit, “Our Planet, Our Future,” will fe...

Date Time Nobel laureate among presenters for UTA Science Week The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Science will present Science Week, an online series featuring panel discussions by renowned scientists and a student research symposium, from April 18 to 24. The theme of Science Week is climate change and its impact on the planet. “There is no single more important challenge that we collectively face than figuring out how to slow the terrible damage being done to the environment...