Geography

Geography (from Greek: γεωγραφία, geographia, literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. Geography is often defined in terms of two branches: human geography and physical geography. Human geography is concerned with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, …

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GCB: Global Carbon Budget · 6 December 2023

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have risen again in 2023 – reaching record levels. The annual Global Carbon Budget projects fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 36.8 billion tonnes …

Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands 10Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Luisenstr


UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change · 5 December 2023 English

This second draft text was published by the U.N. climate body (UNFCCC) and shows the possible outcomes for talks at the COP28 summit in Dubai. The negotiations are part of …

population that are already vulnerable owing to geography, socioeconomic status, livelihood, gender, age


Resolution Foundation · 4 December 2023 English

The final report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry The UK has great strengths, but is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. The toxic combination of slow …

claims that Covid-19 would transform our economic geography or our productivity. Far from a global pandemic


SSEE: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment · 3 December 2023 English

Almost all decarbonisation scenarios consistent with the 1.5°C target in the Paris Agreement contain some level of carbon capture and storage (CCS), either for abating emissions at source, removing carbon …

of Enterprise and the Environment, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford II.


IAI: Istituto Affari Internazionali · 1 December 2023 Italian

Landau; 5 The War in Iraq and International Terrorism, Yoram Schweitzer; 6 The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Operation in Iraq, Isaac Ben-Israel; 7 The Victory in Iraq and …

security.- Towards a new world order based on geography. Concenptual considerations for Euro-Mediterranean


CSEP: Centre for Social and Economic Progress · 1 December 2023 English

TEhe Cmentre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) conducts in-depth, policy-relevant research and provides evidence-based recommendations to the challenges facing India and the world. [...] CSEP is based in New …

titled n and social reforms in India, economic geography, and “Fiscal Control of Pollutionu: Application


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 1 December 2023 English

Climate Change and Geopolitics in the Blue Pacific By Danielle Lynn Goh SYNOPSIS Climate change has consistently been articulated as the greatest threat to the region by the leaders of …

their shared norms, and unity arising from their geography, culture, and challenges. This unified approach


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 30 November 2023

Clearing the Fog: The Grey Zones of Space Governance 1 The term “grey zone” is used by militaries to of grey zones in outer space by better defining indicate the …

“fake differing understandings of the dynamics of geography” that can be used in disinformation conflict escalation Yifan Sun and Chengbin Deng. 2021. “Deep fake geography? When geospatial data encounter Artificial Intelligence


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 30 November 2023 English

Introduction Since 2009, Russia has invested significant effort into developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for military purposes. They have used drones for reconnaissance, targeting, electronic warfare, and direct …

Black Sea, and Central Asia, emphasizing how geography, economics, ideology, and history continue to


ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 30 November 2023 English

An anonymous senior Israeli official told the Washington Post that Israel expects the pause to continue for another two to three days after November 30.[1] The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson …

7 attack into Israel created a “new political geography” in the Middle East and diminished US power and


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