International Policy Studies alum John Edward Meyers MAIPS ’04 examined the impact of REDD+ carbon offsets in Colombia in a recent article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Meyers and his coauthors looked at the history and implications of the REDD+ financing framework for carbon offsets in Colombia’s Selva de Matavén Unified Indigenous Reserve. The article refutes claims that the REDD+ projects generated too many carbon credits for the amount of emission reductions it achieved.
| by Clara Clymer
Alice McGown, a second-year master’s candidate pursuing International Environmental Policy, attends COP26 to present her work on the overlap of fossil fuels and protected areas.
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A series of international experiences taught Middlebury Institute alumna Lacey Raak MAIEP ’08 that lasting change begins at the local level, where today she is leading efforts to implement environmentally sound policies and practices in her own community on California’s Central Coast.
| by Jason Warburg
Bryce Bray MAIEP ’18 has been awarded a Boren, a Fulbright, and most recently an Institute of Current World Affairs fellowship, all of which are helping him continue to develop expertise and expand his professional network in his chosen field of climate policy.
