Tag: climate action

You Take Her Land – a Reflection on Gender, Agriculture and False Solutions

Aneesa Khan December 9, 2015 0 Comments
by Aneesa Khan What does it mean to be a person on the frontlines of a microcosm whose climate is undergoing a dramatic metamorphosis for the worst? It often means a loss of home, land, identity, security, and human rights. But, what does it mean if this person also never truly owned the land they worked on or the home they lived in, what if their identity was continuously oppressed, what if...

Is the South still possible?

guest December 8, 2015 0 Comments
By Angela Valenzuela and Augustin Martz (Agua Libre)   While France expands its military strategy in Syria, it is also hosting more than 190 nations in Paris at the climate conference COP21, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Under this climate talks a new international agreement on climate change will be signed, and it will define the political efforts...

The Youth Complex at COP21

Jenna Farineau December 7, 2015 1 Comment
By: Sara Velander and Jenna Farineau Each day at the Conference of Parties, a certain theme is chosen to frame the day’s events and actions, and this past Wednesday, December 4, bore the theme “Young and Future Generations.” Young people were running around expressing their cheery nature, while adults stood in front of them making speeches and while camera-men followed just behind to make...

Action by 2015!

Kim December 7, 2015 0 Comments
By Kimberly Lopez Castellanos “0 by 2050!” no “0 by 2030!” Arguments and discussions on some political messages have arisen within the youth constituency. While drafting an intervention on the Long Term Goal, we discussed whether or not equity, common but differentiated responsibilities, and historical responsibilities should be in the text. Some said the inclusion of those words would...

Monsanto at COP21

Morgan Heckerd December 6, 2015 0 Comments
By Morgan Heckerd   As the climate negotiations continue here in Paris, so does the conflict, the injustice, the inequity, and the straight-up absurdity. Secretariats, delegates, and corporations are all gathered in one place, deciding our future, has led to some questionable statements. Inside the climate talks, corporations are being praised for their so-called “ambition” on tackling...