Youth`s almost intervention at the first day of SBSTA
Yesterday, Aneesa Khan was going to speak on behalf of the youth constituency at the opening of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). The youth is given only two minutes...
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Listening to their voices! The People’s Summit
Some political powers in the COP negotiations tend to ignore the demands of civil society, the people, el pueblo, and their rights regarding the impacts of climate change. The Cumbre de los Pueblos,...
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Will the global climate talks address the challenges for agriculture?
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...
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No justice in Lima Outcome
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...
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Day 2 of Post-2015: Presentations and Interactive Debate Afternoon Session
The afternoon session at yesterday’s negotiations was set aside for a very productive and important dialogue. We heard from member states about their experiences regarding their approaches and...
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Climate of Conscience
Re-posted from Medium, written by the Tipping Point Collective As climate justice activists, we know that our movement is deeply connected with others such as those for gender, race, and migration (to...
View ArticleFood Justice: What’s at Stake in Paris?
guest blog by Doreen Stabinsky, Professor of Global Environmental Politics at College of the Atlantic. Five key fights at the UNFCCC: The build-up to the December Paris climate summit is focusing world...
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What was it like being an observer for one day at the UN?
by Angela Valenzuela. What was it like being an observer for a day in the last preparatory meeting for Paris COP21? Here there is a poem that I wrote after the last ADP session (Ad-hoc working group...
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Climate Chaos and the Externalities of Americanism
“The American way of life is not up for negotiations. Period.” ~Pres. George W. Bush “To accept your rewriting of the Convention is to accept the destruction of our societies.” ~The delegation...
View ArticleWords, words, words: The Failure of the Paris Agreement
In reaction to the text that was released this afternoon, later passed tonight, the spirits today are all different. My heart is heavy and confused: torn between being part of a strong movement that is...
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The Paris Agreement, what’s next for climate change leadership – a report...
By Klever Descarpontriez Today the Earth in Brackets and Uppsala delegation jointly held a two hour long session in a fairly well-attended auditorium to debrief the rest of the Uppsala University on...
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How the Paris Agreement FCCC’ed Us Over
by Aneesa Khan To be in a room for seven whole hours is arduous in itself. However, for that room to be one filled with painfully complacent idiots, the overpowering smell of corporate power, and...
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The end of the beginning – 21 years of an unjust process
By Klever Descarpontriez and Aneesa Khan Last Sunday the 13th of December the news of a new ‘historic’, ‘landmark’, ‘once in a century’ international climate agreement infested the front page of all...
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by Aneesa Khan (Originally posted on The Odyssey Online) Climate activism burn-out and rediscovering a sense of hope in the movement for food justice. “Sorry to say this, but as party negotiators, do...
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“Water for Sustainable Growth” — What are we talking about here?
Guest blog by Galen Hecht Report from World Water Week, Stockholm, August 28-September 2, 2016 “We need a circular economy,” a different model, one that defies the structures that our lawmakers are...
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The Struggle is Real – What’s at Stake with COP22
by Aneesa Khan It has been almost an entire year since parties to the UNFCCC gathered in the home of fine fromage and disastrous climate deals. The 31-page Paris Agreement came into existence through...
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The Big Fights at COP23
Written by Thule van den Dam, Aura Silva Martinez, and Rachael Goldberg COP23 (Fiji) in Bonn officially started today and we are caught between a rock and a hard place. The Paris Agreement is a...
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Climate Change: a post-development and post-colonial exploration
My interest in climate justice has been constant through my four years at College of the Atlantic (COA). During my second, third and fourth years I was part of the COA delegations that attended the UN...
View ArticleFinancing the African Water Revolution
by Sara Löwgren Stockholm World Water Week – August 26th 2018 During the first day of the annual World Water Week, one of the most anticipated sessions was the Falkenmark Symposium. In the crowded...
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