Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

Globalization encompasses the intensification of economic, social and political interconnections across national boundaries and has profound implications for environmental systems. Trade ...

We need to ask a question, prompted by the Bob Dylan song, about globalization: Are the times a-changin’? I say that they are. After six months in Asia, advising at several policy institutes and ...

Artist cooperative, Justseeds' installation at the 2011 Pittsburgh Biennial (all photos courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery) The Pittsburgh Biennial is a city-wide event, taking ...

A study has found that the environmental damage caused by the top 10% of global consumers in terms of spending reaches up to ...

The Suez, Panama, and Black Sea routes are facing major disruptions from conflict and climate impacts, threatening global supply chains. Companies are rerouting ships or shifting to land and rail ...

As the world becomes more connected, globalization has become a daily reality for people in every corner of Earth. But while globalization — described by Peterson Institute for International Economics ...

Greenpeace reports that Russia has shifted from environmental cooperation to deliberate obstructionism since invading Ukraine. The Kremlin’s war-driven economy is worsening deforestation, pollution, ...

Global heat deaths are projected to increase by 370% if action is not taken to limit the effects of global warming, according to a study published Tuesday in The Lancet, a medical journal. Subscribe ...