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Motivated by concerns about the climate implications of China’s overseas investments, this paper identifies and evaluates Chinese policies governing China’s foreign direct investment and focuses particularly on how those policies influence environmental outcomes in recipient countries.
Read MoreUNDP was very flexible and I got a chance to work on India’s market based mechanism, the PAT Scheme that seeks to improve energy efficiency, which consequently results in emissions reduction. Courses on climate change policy, energy finance and environmental policy solving that I had taken at the Fletcher School were instrumental in the work that I eventually undertook. I was assisting in providing policy briefs that looked at the expansion of the PAT model to other sectors of the Indian economy while making the targets for the existing designated consumers even more stringent.
Read MoreOvercoming the resulting economic burdens is an increasingly steep hill to climb. Local businesses are constantly adapting to climate variability. Important fish stocks are migrating out of reach as a result of changing temperatures in the water. Droughts are occurring for longer stretches of time although the area’s leading export and staple crop, taro, begins to wither in as little as two weeks without rain. Inconsistent rainfall patterns are leading to less predictable outbreak periods of vector-borne diseases such as Dengue and Zika.
Read MoreAll in all, our trip to the COP was a big success for sharing our research results with experts, policy-makers, and funders and for making new connections.
Read MoreMy major takeaway from this summer experience is that if you want to work in anything related to development or environmental policy, you have to constantly ask questions.
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