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Special Topics - Climate Change
An explosive mix: Uncertain geologic knowledge and hazardous technologies
With science unable to accurately determine major geologic events, a reassessment needs to be made of how much nuclear site planning relies on such predictions.
Earthquake 9.0: What this magnitude might mean for Japan's future
No prediction can be made today for Japan, but it is safe to project a sharply increased probability for a major earthquake on the broad, simple subduction-zone segments both north and south of the Tohoku rupture zone.
The need for a resilient energy policy in Japan
A combination of safer nuclear plants and much greater use of renewable energy could position Japan as a global leader in shifting toward a sustainable pathway with renewable sources.
Fukushima and the Seoul 2012 Nuclear Security Summit
In the wake of Fukushima, it may be time to broaden the scope of the Seoul 2012 Nuclear Security Summit to include safety issues as well as security.
The politically possible: How to achieve success in Copenhagen
Climate negotiations are at a standstill as developed and developing countries argue over who should limit their carbon emissions first. But there is a way to break the roadblock.
A neglected climate strategy: Empower women, slow population growth
Instead of pouring resources into expensive geoengineering research, we should pursue low-tech reproductive health and women's empowerment programs that have widespread social benefits and can reduce CO2 emissions.
Bringing climate change into global governance
Even taken together, today's international governance organizations aren't capable of addressing the changing climate. The necessary step toward rectifying this problem: a new financial architecture that supports both adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Enhancing cooperation between the health and climate sectors
Despite the well-known relationship between climate change and health, WHO has been only tangentially involved in major international climate efforts--a situation that must change.
A low carbon national energy agenda
Instead of pursuing a new nuclear warhead, President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers should take a deep breath and thoughtfully reconsider the country's nuclear posture.
A new energy future means a new Energy Department
Campaign promises and hopes for a green energy future depend on fundamental reform at the Energy Department, long one of the government's most dysfunctional offices.