Jennifer Duggan

Here Are the Goals of the COP26 Climate Change Meetings—and Where the World Stands in Accomplishing Them

This week, thousands of ministers and diplomats from across the world are descending on an event campus in Glasgow, Scotland for the most important climate conference in recent years—and perhaps the most significant international meeting...

By Alejandro de la Garza , Ciara Nugent , Aryn Baker , Jennifer Duggan and Chris Wilson October 28, 2021

Barbados' Prime Minister Has a Message for Rich Countries

In the battle to slow down climate change, countries like Barbados are on the “front line,” says Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The island is threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather events like hurricanes that...

By Jennifer Duggan October 28, 2021

How Climate Change Science Has Changed Due to COVID-19 Restrictions

In late 2019, expeditioners and guides Hilde Falun and Sunniva Sorby went to Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago to complete a long-term goal of being the first female team to over winter in the Arctic. But...

By Jennifer Duggan July 14, 2021

Biden Supports Irish Peace Agreement in Brexit Talks

Undermining peace process "would be a real problem for the U.S. and for Joe Biden personally,” Ireland's foreign minister says

By Jennifer Duggan November 25, 2020

Brexit Revives the Prospect of a United Ireland

The 310-mile-long Irish border between Northern Ireland and the Republic was once marked by barbed wire, with watch towers manned by machine gun-wielding soldiers. Today, it’s been replaced by a wide motorway with cars whizzing...

By Jennifer Duggan February 7, 2020

Davos Daily Review: Jane Goodall, Income Inequality and Climate Change

The final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, featured discussions on issues of equality, migration and climate change. Speakers included Executive Director of Oxfam, Winnie Banyema, anthropologist Jane Goodall, Executive Director of...

January 25, 2019

Q&A: Ireland's Leo Varadkar on Brexit, Trump and Keeping Ireland 'At the Center of the World'

"I would like Ireland to become what Michael Collins described as the shining light unto the world"

By Jennifer Duggan July 13, 2017

A Portrait of the Prime Minister As a Young Man

The Republic of Ireland has never had a leader like Leo Varadkar

By Jennifer Duggan July 13, 2017

Theresa May's Troublesome Deal with Northern Ireland

The coalition agreement gives the unionists new influence in a highly unstable and volatile region

By Jennifer Duggan June 26, 2017

The ‘Doomsday’ Vault Where the World’s Seeds Are Kept Safe

Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of humankind. It’s not coal,...

By Jennifer Duggan April 6, 2017

Northern Ireland in Political Crisis as Brexit Looms

A power vacuum just as the U.K. begins talks on E.U. withdrawal could have serious consequences

By Jennifer Duggan January 11, 2017

Ireland's 'Repeal the 8th' Campaign Aims to End Abortion Ban

A young, secular population helped pass same-sex marriage in Ireland last year and wants abortion restrictions overturned — but the fight is proving bitterly divisive

By Jennifer Duggan October 27, 2016

Jennifer Duggan

Here Are the Goals of the COP26 Climate Change Meetings—and Where the World Stands in Accomplishing Them

This week, thousands of ministers and diplomats from across the world are descending on an event campus in Glasgow, Scotland for the most important climate conference in recent years—and perhaps the most significant international meeting...

Barbados' Prime Minister Has a Message for Rich Countries

In the battle to slow down climate change, countries like Barbados are on the “front line,” says Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The island is threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather events like hurricanes that...

How Climate Change Science Has Changed Due to COVID-19 Restrictions

In late 2019, expeditioners and guides Hilde Falun and Sunniva Sorby went to Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago to complete a long-term goal of being the first female team to over winter in the Arctic. But...

Biden Supports Irish Peace Agreement in Brexit Talks

Undermining peace process "would be a real problem for the U.S. and for Joe Biden personally,” Ireland's foreign minister says

Brexit Revives the Prospect of a United Ireland

The 310-mile-long Irish border between Northern Ireland and the Republic was once marked by barbed wire, with watch towers manned by machine gun-wielding soldiers. Today, it’s been replaced by a wide motorway with cars whizzing...

Davos Daily Review: Jane Goodall, Income Inequality and Climate Change

The final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, featured discussions on issues of equality, migration and climate change. Speakers included Executive Director of Oxfam, Winnie Banyema, anthropologist Jane Goodall, Executive Director of...

Q&A: Ireland's Leo Varadkar on Brexit, Trump and Keeping Ireland 'At the Center of the World'

"I would like Ireland to become what Michael Collins described as the shining light unto the world"

A Portrait of the Prime Minister As a Young Man

The Republic of Ireland has never had a leader like Leo Varadkar

Theresa May's Troublesome Deal with Northern Ireland

The coalition agreement gives the unionists new influence in a highly unstable and volatile region

The ‘Doomsday’ Vault Where the World’s Seeds Are Kept Safe

Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of human­kind. It’s not coal,...

Northern Ireland in Political Crisis as Brexit Looms

A power vacuum just as the U.K. begins talks on E.U. withdrawal could have serious consequences

Ireland's 'Repeal the 8th' Campaign Aims to End Abortion Ban

A young, secular population helped pass same-sex marriage in Ireland last year and wants abortion restrictions overturned — but the fight is proving bitterly divisive

In the battle to slow down climate change, countries like Barbados are on the “front line,” says Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The island is threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather events like hurricanes that...

Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of humankind. It’s not coal,...