Hello everybody: I am sure you are as frustrated as I am about the neglect of environmental issues in Presidential debates. I think there is an urgent need for a deeper discussion on governance failures that can accentuate climate change vulnerabilities and yet, at the same time, need to be addressed on their own merit. Here is a short piece we published today on Slate.com: "Climate Change Did It!” Is a Convenient Excuse" http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/10/blaming_natural_disasters_on_climate_change_will_backfire.html For reference, Slate is among the pioneers in online journalism with over 4.5 million unique visitors per month. Nives and I are developing a longer response to the PNAS article (cited in our Slate piece) that suggests a complex link between the Syrian War and the climate change. If you have written on this subject, I will be obliged if you could email it to me. Thanks, Aseem ******************************************************************** Aseem Prakash Professor, Department of Political Science Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics 39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3530 http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/ http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/
