
Most entries fall into one of two groups: travel-related stories or incidents, and reflections on the state of conservation, freshwater management, and/or climate adaptation work today.
Reflections on Climate Adaptation
Nine Challenges to Freshwater Management from Climate Change. The result of many discussions with colleagues.
Is E.O. Wilson Wrong? A response to an interview with Edward Wilson of Harvard about how conservation should proceed in light of climate change.
Two Easy Pieces. A couple of brief, policy-oriented overviews on freshwater climate adaptation. The former is by myself and a British colleague, and the latter is by Jamie Pittock, an Australian colleague. Revised March 2009.
Islands on the Edge. A short overview of some of the climate-related challenges that the Sundarbans of Bangladesh and India face. Updated April 2009 in a subsequent entry on disaster risk reduction. A May 2009 piece discusses the effects of tropical storm Alia.
Travel Stories
My Big Night Out and Up. From May 2008, a story about a strange evening in New Delhi that became an even stranger experience at the airport.
Adventures in Cabbing. An over-long and frustrating cab ride in Washington, DC.
