Overview of Climate Policy Approaches Liberia and Sierra Leone are two countries with opposite methods of climate policy in West Africa, even though they are countries in the same geographic position and have common developmental issues. Liberia has adopted an ambitious forest-based mitigation plan that has been supplemented with certain coastal adaptation plans as compared […]
In Monrovia and other coastal areas of Liberia, people are getting used to waking up not to the sound of regular alarm but to the sound of water alarming against the stilts of their beds. In extreme cases, it is the very floodwaters that are tasked with the duty of doing the waking. Homes, streets, […]
The recently concluded COP30 in Belém, Brazil once again brought the nations of the world together [AW1] with one major target; Reducing the global GHG emission. This time however, COP30 brought the global climate conversation to the very heart of one of the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sinks; the Amazon. This move exposed a deep gap […]
Imagine the thoughts and lives of people working daily in the dust filled workshops of East Kalimantan, where coal mines not only dominate the landscape but also fuel 80 percent of the local economy. Coal has become a part of their lives for decades; elders recount histories in the pits while for the youths it’s […]
What Do Current Deforestation Trends Tell Us? The answer to this question lies in global monitoring reports, national assessments, and the lifestyles or living experiences of communities. After looking into those sources, it becomes clear that the loss of forest in Liberia is still significant and, in several areas, increases. Nestled in West Africa, Liberia […]
Jonathan Tarnue Payne 
Precious Douglas Maulana 
Eslam Mohamed Elsheikh 
Lutfi Nurachma 
David R.K Brown 
Asef Jafari