Re-examining the Future of My Blog

I feel I am at a crossroads: I need to figure out what I’m writing for, and fast…

Wintertime in Sweden: A Photo Essay

It’s been over a month since my last post, I figured I’d go the photo-essay route and share some of the highlights of winter in Sweden with you all. Enjoy!

Days 5 & 6: The Boiling Point

This was the moment that captured the tension I had felt growing all week. The moment when “market-based” and “social-movement-based” approaches to climate action collided.

Days 3 & 4: Market-based versus Social Movement-based Approaches to Climate Change Policy

Over the past couple of days I’ve identified two very different perspectives on the climate change negotiations being described in side events and panels.

Day 2: Indigenous Peoples Day at COP 23

It was indigenous peoples day in the Bonn Zone of COP 23 today, the first time such an event has ever taken place at a COP.

Day 1: Fiji Takes Center Stage

The Fijian influence on the conference is easily detectable.

What is COP 23?

Greetings from Bonn, Germany! I’m here to take part in the 23rd annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23)

Face to Face with a Russian Diplomat

On Wednesday I went to a lecture hosted by the Lund Association of Foreign Affairs featuring the Russian ambassador to Sweden, Viktor Tatarintsev. Here’s what he said…

2017 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance

This week was pretty busy for me, largely because I was helping to volunteer at a three-day conference hosted by the Earth System Governance project here in Lund.

Waves of Ennui: Reflecting on Month Two in Sweden

Suffice it to say I have a lot more time than I know what to do with…

Why I Chose to Go to Grad School in Sweden: Reflecting on my First Month

One of the first questions people ask me here in Lund is why I chose to study here. Here’s why:

Introduction to Lund, Sweden

Hi everyone, greetings from Lund, Sweden! Now that I have a second, here’s a quick post about what I’ll be doing here for the next two years.