Women Championing Climate Resilience in MENA
Women Championing Climate Resilience in MENA

The Middle East is warming at twice the global average and is at a high risk for extreme weather patterns. In this harsh climate reality, women are disproportionately affected due to existing gender inequalities and their frontline roles in sectors like agriculture and domestic water management. However, women in the MENA region are also emerging as powerful agents of change, leading grassroots adaptation efforts, driving policy advocacy, and pioneering sustainable entrepreneurship ventures.

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Uniting students across campus, 19th university-wide Tufts Energy Conference sparks connection
Uniting students across campus, 19th university-wide Tufts Energy Conference sparks connection

This year was the 19th university-wide Tufts Energy Conference. The Tufts Energy Conference touches on a variety of topics in climate and energy policy, but this year’s focus was on the economics of the energy transition and climatetech. Courtney Foster provides an insider’s perspective on what it was like to organize the conference.

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The Nexus between Climate Change and Maternal Health
The Nexus between Climate Change and Maternal Health

Climate change is one of the world’s largest global health threats of the 21st century, but the vast preponderance of discussion on climate change leaves out maternal health. The siloing of the two topics perpetuates the misconception that there is no intersecting relationship between a changing climate and adverse maternal health outcomes and that these two topics are mutually exclusive, but that is far from the truth.

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Rewriting the History of the Environmentalist Movement
Rewriting the History of the Environmentalist Movement

Black History Month ordinarily evokes a specific set of images, stories, events, and figures—but there’s no reason why every aspect of American history can’t be turned into its own reflection of Black history. In an era dominated by revisionist history, Black History Month prompts us to use that revision for good. Reconceptualizing the trajectory of events in what is traditionally called the “environmental movement” is one place to start.

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