Author: Mark Ortiz

Mark is a first year Master's student in the Department of Geography. He is studying climate politics and global environmental governance with a focus on how science is translated into policy.

Blog / Science and Advocacy in an Era of Climate Disinformation: A Profile of James Hansen

April 7, 2016April 7, 2016 / Mark Ortiz /

As noted climate scientist Michael Mann observes, to do climate science is to enter the “climate wars.” War is an apt descriptor for this sociopolitical milieu, in which veracious research…

Blog / Capping Climate Change: The Making of the Two Degree Celsius Target

January 19, 2016February 16, 2016 / Mark Ortiz /

On December 12, 2015, a conference hall in Paris erupted with applause. In the middle of an unusually warm December, world leaders hashed out a climate deal some twenty years…