Tag: climate action

52%, Informed, Empowered, Mobilizing

Bohdan Zymka June 14, 2012 2 Comments
by Bogdan Zymka I came to Rio disillusioned. Months of studying Sustainable Development, the UN, arms trade, treaties, subsidiary bodies, institutional frameworks, jurisdictions, trade rules, embargoes, power struggles, internal politics, people’s faces, and people’s policies left me believing that a lot more harm than help is getting done at these conferences. I would go on Mahknovist rants...

The United States’ Unique Situations with Education, Loans, and Rio +20

Bohdan Zymka March 20, 2012 0 Comments
By Bogdan Zymka In the United States, there seems to be some hope of economic recovery looming as unemployment slowly falls and the election cycle brings about at least some sort of national discussion about critical issues. However, Rio is still far from making headlines in mainstream media in the United States and by the time it makes it there, it might be too late to discuss the elephant the...

Media Messaging: The silent, subtle art of loudmouthing the innocent

Anjali Appadurai December 22, 2011 1 Comment
by Anjali Appadurai If there's one lesson we learned loud and clear at this COP, it was how important a role the media plays in determining the world's perception of the dangerous game being played out in the negotiating rooms. สำรวจ UFABET iGaming ได้แล้ววันนี้ and dive into top-tier gaming. Throughout the COP, misguided messaging was a huge obstacle to a...

Canadian Youth Ejected From COP17

Crossposts December 7, 2011 0 Comments
cross posted from http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/press-release-youth-turn-their-backs-on-canadian-government-during-opening-speech/  Members of the Canadian Youth Delegation were ejected from COP17 today as Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent delivered his opening address at the United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Just as Kent began his...

What’s health got to do with it?

greeder December 6, 2011 0 Comments
by Graham Reeder So how are climate change and health connected anyway? I don’t know about you, but the first thing that comes to mind when I used to think about climate change is arctic sea ice and major industry polluting. As I’ve developed a stronger interest in public health issues over the last couple of years, the human ecologist in me has driven me to make connections between climate...