A Sad but Temporary Goodbye
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all had a relaxing break. Sadly, I’ll be taking a little break from this blog to focus on my dissertation (who knows, maybe it’ll get published and you can read that too). Throughout this blog I have grappled with the role of international governance in environmental protection. I hope my discussions of Arctic governance , COPs and Montreal has illustrated some of the ways global politics has reacted to environmental challenges. It hasn’t always been positive and as with most things political, the situation is ever changing; however, I hope that at least some parts of my blog have offered some cause for optimism. I for one have drawn hope from Paris and Montreal and believe the world can continue to meaningfully unite in the face of environmental danger (Trump aside). I did, however, say that I was going to explore the individual and bottom-up approaches can promote better environmental behaviour. Unfortunately I haven’t yet...