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College of the Atlantic looks toward divestment

Nathan Thanki January 31, 2013 0 Comments

by Lucas Burdick (originally posted on gofossilfree.org) College of the Atlantic is in many ways a college like any other. Similar to many colleges, we have student committees, dorms, clubs, environmental commitments, engaged students actively working to do something about the climate crisis we face, and an endowment made up largely of stocks and bonds of companies we’d rather not associate...

So what is a Water Forum anyway?

COA Admin March 11, 2012 0 Comments

Those familiar with the UN Climate Treaty (UNFCCC) or the Convention on Biological Diversity covered by might be confused by the World Water Forum. They should be. It is a very different animal but an important one none-the less. Unlike the UNFCCC or other international treaty regimes, there is no treaty; there is no single agency or Secretariat, in fact the UN plays a very small role if...

Negotiating their forests

COA Admin October 2, 2009 0 Comments

By Juan Carlos Soriano Every living person on this planet depends on forests for our survival, and the 60 million indigenous people who live in forests worldwide have been their primary guardians. An agreement on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) under the climate negotiations will affect the rights of indigenous peoples. Currently, the language of the...

Talking climate in Bangkok

COA Admin September 30, 2009 1 Comment

by Lauren Nutter (Our bikers Juan Carlos Soriano and Lauren Nutter are currently attending the Bangkok Climate Change Talks 2009) After waking up at 3:30 in the morning to head to the airport, and finding frost on my car already thanks to the lovely Maine climate, I was happy to arrive to the warmer weather of Bangkok. More importantly, I was excited to see some progress at the next negotiating...