2010 began with disappointment over the Copenhagen climate change summit, only to end on a note of guarded optimism over the success — or lack of failure — in Cancun. Meanwhile, changing climate patterns have opened up new areas to mineral extraction, while exacerbating existing tensions over water. All of these developments take place against the backdrop of increasing global competition for mineral resources and rare earth elements. In this special report, World Politics Review considers climate change and resource competition through articles published in 2010.
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Work Remains After Cancún Conference’s Modest Success
By Myles Estey
Dec. 13, 2010
Testing the Prospects for a Climate Agreement in Cancun
By Christine Parthemore and Will Rogers
Nov. 4, 2010
Calculating the Odds on Climate Change
By Alex Evans and David Steven
Jan. 11, 2010
India’s Shifting Approach on Climate Change
By Priyanka Bhardwaj
April 16, 2010
Global Warming Shifts Focus to the Friendly North
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
Sept. 27, 2010
Sacrificing the Environment for Food Security
By Michael Kugelman and Susan L. Levenstein
Jan. 20, 2010
The Browning of Biofuels: The Political Economy of Policy Failure
By C. Ford Runge
Feb. 16, 2010
In Latin America, Informal Mining’s Other Dangers
By Eliot Brockner
February 16, 2010
Argentina, Bolivia and Chile: The ABCs of Lithium
By Sean Goforth
April 1, 2010
Mongolia: The Promise of ‘Minegolia’
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Oct. 21, 2010
The Search for Rare Earths
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Oct. 5, 2010
The Arctic: China Opens a New Strategic Front
By Paul McLeary
April 19, 2010
Global Insider: The Politics of the Antarctic
Interview with Danila Bochkarev
May 13, 2010
India, China Turn Sights on Antarctica
By Klaus Dodds
Dec. 6, 2010
Possible Futures for Transboundary Water Resources
By Aaron Wolf
Jan. 20, 2010
Clear Gold: Water and Conflict in the Middle East
By Jon B. Alterman
April 19, 2010
Avoiding Crisis in the Mekong River Basin
By Prashanth Parameswaran
April 30, 2010
Global Insider: The India-Pakistan Water Dispute
Interview with John Briscoe
June 6, 2010
Global Insider: The Nile River Basin
Interview with Aaron Wolf
May 17, 2010