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The Global Climate System’s Himalayan Hotspot (with Kunda Dixit)
As temperatures rise, the Himalayas are experiencing accelerated glacial melt, with dire consequences for water supplies and ecosystems far and wide.
Project Syndicate | May 11, 2023

Himalayas key to climate battle
More than a tourist attraction or a place for high adventure, the Himalayas play a crucial role in regulating the planet's climate. They are also the source of fresh water for billions of people and for the region's rich (though increasingly degraded) ecosystems.
Bangkok Post | May 15, 2023    

From pipeline and pump to farm and fork
A farm in Messinia, in the southwestern Peloponnese. According to the author, Sophia Kalantzakos, this country has both an important opportunity and a role to play in what is quickly becoming a critical node in building resilience and producing safe, healthy and affordable food in light of the climate crisis.
ekathimerini | August 4, 2022

If the US and China quarrel, the planet suffers, author says
Sophia Kalantzakos’ scholarship focuses on how the climate crisis impacts global power politics.
Asian Poly Glot View | January 17, 2022

The climate crisis and the post-Covid world: Decarbonization, rare earths, and tech 
Podcast with Constantine Karayannopoulos, CEO NEO, The Greek Current, HALC & eKathimerini | April 26, 2021

Decarbonization in a Fraught Geopolitical Landscape 
Down to Earth | April 1, 2021

Rare Earths, the Climate Crisis and the Tech-Imperium 
LSE Ideas | March 24, 2021

Critical minerals and the new geopolitics
The climate crisis and the Fourth Industrial Revolution — with its breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G networks — are setting the world on a geopolitical collision course.
Inquirer | December 04, 2020

Critical minerals and the new geopolitics
The climate crisis and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with its breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G networks, are setting the world on a geopolitical collision course.
MENAFN | November 12, 2020

A new Cold War in the Himalaya
Asia’s water tower now faces threats from being both a climate and geopolitical hotspot.
Nepali TImes | November 03, 2020

Critical minerals and the new geopolitics
The tension between the geographic concentration of vital metallic elements and the increasing scramble to secure them will further unsettle geopolitics in the twenty-first century. Rich-country governments must now follow China's lead and build new avenues of trust and cooperation with developing countries.
The Business Standard | October 04, 2020

Sophia Kalantzakos urges rich-country governments to develop effective strategies to free themselves from China's resource grip
The climate crisis and the Fourth Industrial Revolution – with its breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G networks – are setting the world on a geopolitical collision course.
Interest | October 04, 2020

China's resource grip
The climate crisis and the Fourth Industrial Revolution - with its breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G networks - are setting the world on a geopolitical collision course. Both the drive to decarbonise and the battle for global technological supremacy depend on critical minerals like rare earth, lithium, and cobalt - all of which are highly concentrated in a few locations, including China.
Daily Hunt | October 04, 2020

Fung Global Fellows to focus on ‘Thinking Global’
Sophia Kalantzakos and five scholars from around the world come to Princeton University this fall to begin a year of research, writing and collaboration as the seventh cohort of Fung Global Fellows.
Princeton University | June 19, 2019