But to hear Yemen put forward as just an example of an underconsidered concern is galling from the same people who underprioritized it in the first place. We talk about that with Yemeni activist and advocate Shireen Al-Adeimi, who is also assistant professor of education at Michigan State University. So why did she withdraw her nomination, and what does it tell us about the possibility of making any advances at all in facing the reality of climate change? Helping us see why issues media divide are completely related is David Arkush, managing director of the climate program at Public Citizen. Transcript: ‘She Intended Not to Ignore Things Related to Climate, as There Is Pressure to Do’