climate justice

Cross-post from the Washington Spectator: New Voices-Climate Change Adaptation

greeder November 21, 2012 0 Comments

This blog was originally published on the Washington Spectator's website, check out their blog at http://washingtonspectator.org/index.php/Blog/latest.html New Voices: On Climate Change Adaptation November 16, 2012 | Graham Reeder New Voices is The Washington Spectator's blog series by guest writers under age 25. The series spotlights a diversity of...

USA v China

Nathan Thanki August 15, 2012 0 Comments

by nathan thanki The USA wants to be treated the same as China when it comes to responsibility for tackling climate change. Many environmental NGOs, in the increasingly panicked calls for climate action now, are also prone to saying things like "well of course the emerged economies of Brazil, India and China must also be obliged to reduce emissions." This plays quite well into...

“Not just a fund-a JUST climate fund”

Nathan Thanki December 8, 2011 0 Comments

by Nathan Thanki Before we get the official say on what the green climate fund should look like, let's just remind ourselves what a really just GCF would look like. As one member of the YOUNGO finance working group said today "we don't want just another climate fund, we want a just climate fund." So what is a just climate fund? First and foremost, a just fund must be a transparent fund that...