International Political Forum


 
 

 
Special Features

COP18: Doha Briefs – Approaching the end

It is late, very late, and the convention centre is emptying up pretty quickly. There are only a handful of us here still churning out the last snippets of energy for the day. There have been a couple of issues that still have ...
by Rubin Makomere
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Video & Photography

WATCH: Drones For Trees

With the ongoing US drone campaigns in Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan, it seems like many people have specifically labeled drones agents of wanton death and destruction. The more informed individual might label drones as tools of...
by Conor Sullivan
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Special Features

COP2: Environmentalists, a dangerous profession

Around the world, environmental activists are being killed on a weekly basis, yet some governments are turning a blind eye. Standing up for Mother Earth is a tough job. There’s only so many whales that one can save save, tree...
by Sarah Brady
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Climate Summits Under the Auspices of Corporations

This week another annual climate summit begins. The media, as usual, do not show much interest in this issue; the issue that is already changing the quality of life of millions. Sometimes, it is incomprehensible why the leaders...
by Lívia Magdošková
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Option 6: Eat Fewer Hamburgers

If you’re looking for a snapshot of where we’re at on climate change, take a look at this helpful and entertaining flowchart by ClimateDesk. Catering for presidents, mad scientists and individuals alike, it presents three s...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Special Features

COP18: Australia – Funding climate change through fossil fuels

During the last 2 weeks of the UN climate negotiations, I have been a little critical of Australia’s ambition in combating climate change. However, it iss important to have a more balanced perspective on things. If you as...
by Chris Wright
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Fast For Climate Justice

Typhoon Haiyan served as a stark reminder to delegates at the UN climate change negotiations in Warsaw, Poland last year. It also spurred a chain of fasting for climate justice. Last year Yeb Saño, lead delegate for the Filipi...
by Ayesha Constable
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Blog

IPF Launches “IPF Green”

As it stands, global warming has reached 0.8 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels. Since 1955, it is estimated that about 90% of the excess heat energy trapped by the increased green house gas (GHG) concentrations have...
by Natasha Lipman
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Human Rights

Climate Justice For Indigenous Peoples

Climate change and its heightening impacts have been the center of domestic and international talk for decades. Its irreversible impacts on indigenous communities have both pushed for greater attention from governments and nong...
by Helen Hawgood
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