Heat Is on When It Comes to Cross-Border Environmental Threats

Sep 6, 2021 | Kerry Boyd Anderson
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Last week, an oil spill from a refinery in the northwest Syrian town of Baniyas drifted toward Cyprus, forcing authorities on the island to take emergency measures. The leak provides an example of how environmental problems often cross borders, with policies or accidents that originate in one country affecting others. Environmental crises provide clear evidence of the interconnectedness of our world, and the need for bilateral, regional, and global cooperation.