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Fletcher’s Kenneth Pucker foresees that new French and EU anti-greenwashing and labelling laws will create consequences for a lack of adherence and drive new behaviors to reduce environmental impacts.

A&S political scientist Fahd Humayun warns that Hindu nationalist rhetoric being communicated by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party may “impact the national security calculus” of neighboring countries. 

Fletcher’s Sung-Yoon Lee and the University of Oxford’s Edward Howell discuss North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong and her rise through the ranks of North Korean politics. Lee is the author of the forthcoming “The Sister: North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World.”

Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte says a report that evaluated the climate impact of the first year of Russia’s war on Ukraine highlights the crucial impact of war on the world’s ability to tackle climate change.

Ahead of Cop28 in Germany next week, Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte says, “There is pressure on and scrutiny of UAE and Dr. Sultan [Al Jaber] to prove their management of the Cop presidency is for the planet and not the energy status quo.”

Friedman School’s Erin Coughlan de Perez is quoted throughout this article about her collaborative research on how hot weather and drought impact wheat growth and the consequences for the global food supply.