Tag: climate change

Climate Change Is a Crisis We Can Only Solve Together

Adrian June 18, 2015 1 Comment
Re-posted from The Nation, written by Naomi Klein Two weeks ago, in the secluded but beautiful island of MDI, a number of Earth In Brackets members graduated from College of the Atlantic (COA). The graduation ceremony was great, not only because it was finally sunny (even though it seemed that summer will never arrive to that part of the world), but they also had an amazing commencement speaker:...

World Leaders Lack Ambition to Tackle Climate Crisis

Crossposts April 9, 2015 0 Comments
* This blog was written by our friend, Dipti Bhatnagar and Susann Scherbarth from Friends of the Earth an International, and cross posted from IPS, “Poor and rural communities are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. It is them – who did the least to create this problem – who are suffering the most from it” BRUSSELS/MAPUTO, Apr 1 2015 (IPS) - World governments expect to...

No justice in Lima Outcome

Adrian December 16, 2014 1 Comment
Declaración de los grupos miembros de Justicia Climática que participaron en la COP, emitido la ultima noche de las negociaciones en rechazo al resultado de Lima. Versión en español disponible en la segunda parte de este blog.  No Justice in Lima Outcome (English) This is the statement prepared by CJ groups inside COP20 and published the last night of negotiations in rejection to the outcome...

Al Gore, in the bag !

Omer Shamir December 12, 2014 3 Comments
It is Thursday of the second and last week at the climate negotiation in Lima. As always after a quick and minimalist breakfast in our hostel I walk the three blocks down to arrive to one of the special shuttle-bus stands, at which some of the ten thousand conference participants take the daily route to arrive at the conference's convergence space. On the bus, right before putting on my...

Will the global climate talks address the challenges for agriculture?

Sara Velander December 11, 2014 0 Comments
Originally posted on December 8, 2014, in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Think Forward blog. The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP), a body under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), started on Monday, at the General Army Headquarters in Lima, Peru. With almost 30 tents set up across the premises, and thousands of representatives...