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Key LDC priorities in 2019
Manjeet Dhakal

Centred on science – how the IPCC can guide mitigation action
Prof Dr Michiel Schaeffer, Dr Robert Brecha, Bill Hare

A Green New Deal in the United States – fantasy or necessity?
Dr Robert Brecha
The Green New Deal (GND) is currently only in the form of a “resolution” introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey; any actual legislation that results from the resolution will be taken up by the respective chambers of Congress – and likely will not be done as a whole package. Having said that, the GND is a rare example of proposing how to tackle a societal-scale set of challenges not by looking at individual components but by presenting a vision for the whole system.

Benin has launched three separate climate vulnerability assessments on agriculture, water resources and health at a workshop organized by Climate Analytics and the Centre de Partenariat et d’Expertise pour le Développement Durable.