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The Use of Climate as a Scapegoat for Governance Abuses and Failures – and Why That’s a Problem
By Peter Schwartzstein Getting environmental officials to expound on their countries’ crises can be futile in much of the Middle East and North Africa (and well beyond). These officials might not want to talk about pollution because they have no plan – or wherewithal – to tackle it. It can be difficult to draw them…