Framing ethical perspectives
Climate change refers to human-induced global warming, mostly due to greenhouse gas emissions, and large-scale impacts on weather patterns. As floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events become more common and certain regions turn inhospitable to humans, society is changing as well. Carnegie Council’s events, experts, and Impact Initiatives, such as the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) and the Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC), analyze these changes from a socio-political perspective and search for ethical solutions to, possibly, the most pressing challenges that humanity has ever faced.
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MAR 28, 2024 • Video
Unlocking Cooperation: The Global South and Global North
In the inaugural panel of the "Unlocking Cooperation" series, Ramu Damodaran leads a discussion on forging a path forward for Global South/North collaboration.
JAN 8, 2024 • Podcast
C2GTalk: Why does the world now need to consider solar radiation modification? with Kim Stanley Robinson
Many objections to solar radiation modification have been overtaken by events, says "The Ministry of the Future" author Kim Stanley Robinson in this "C2GTalk."
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FEB 13, 2020 • Podcast
Who Controls the Global Thermostat? with C2G's Janos Pasztor
With record-breaking winter warmth in Europe, catastrophic fires in Australia, and deadly flooding in Indonesia, we are deep into a climate crisis. In this wide-ranging ...
FEB 5, 2020 • Podcast
Democratic Candidates & Foreign Policy after Iowa, with Nikolas Gvosdev
With the (incomplete) results of the Iowa Caucus putting the spotlight on Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, what do we know about their foreign policy ...
JAN 30, 2020 • Article
Hybrid Narratives and Competing with China
Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev responds to the new report released by the Center for a New American Security entitled "Rising to the China Challenge: Renewing ...
JAN 24, 2020 • Article
The Democratic Debate and Competing Narratives
As the Democratic field of presidential candidates narrows, the contenders are beginning to devote more attention to foreign policy and Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev has ...
JAN 23, 2020 • Article
Foreign Policy Narratives in Palm Beach
After an invitation to speak at a gathering of the Palm Beach chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States, U.S. Global ...
NOV 13, 2019 • Podcast
AI in the Arctic: Future Opportunities & Ethical Concerns, with Fritz Allhoff
How can artificial intelligence improve food security, medicine, and infrastructure in Arctic communities? What are some logistical, ethical, and governance challenges? Western Michigan's Professor Fritz ...
NOV 8, 2019 • Article
A Washington Insider Take on the Narratives
Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev follows up on his recent report on U.S. Global Engagement, "The Search for a New Narrative: Recasting American ...
OCT 25, 2019 • Article
The Search for a New Narrative: Recasting American Involvement in the International System
This project on U.S. Global Engagement was launched in 2018. An initial report, released in December 2018, diagnosed the causes and symptoms of the narrative collapse ...
OCT 15, 2019 • Podcast
Gen Z, Climate Change Activism, & Foreign Policy, with Tatiana Serafin
Generation Z makes up over 30 percent of the world's population and this group of people, most under the age of 20, are already having an extraordinary ...
OCT 3, 2019 • Podcast
Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics, & Political Responsibility, with Stephen Gardiner
University of Washington's Professor Stephen Gardiner discusses the ethics of climate change from intergenerational, political, and personal perspectives. Should individuals feel bad for using plastic ...