Posts Tagged ‘Climate Change’
 

 

San Juan Copala, Oaxaca: Rich in Natural Resources but Poor in Indigenous Rights

“Aquí nadie se rinde” This was the phrase of many pamphlets of the Triqui indigenous group in the center of Oaxaca, Mexico, who are living in tents next to the Oaxaca’s City Hall in protest at being violently displaced ...
by Danaé Espinoza
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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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Could 2013 Kill Australia’s Carbon Tax?

Believe it or not, we all survived the Mayan apocalypse. It looks like we might even survive this fiscal cliff nonsense, and we all survived the first 6 months of Australia’s supposedly ‘catastrophic’ carbon tax. What a m...
by Chris Wright
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The State of Water: Ethiopia

Water is the greatest necessity in life; however, consumption of contaminated water is one of the biggest killers in the world. Ethiopia, situated in horn of Africa, a region prone to droughts and subsequent famine, faces acute...
by Daniel Wasonga
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COP18: The morning after stock-take

It’s Saturday, noon, in Doha, Qatar on what is hopefully the last day of the UN climate change negotiations that were meant to finish on Friday. The only UNFCCC announcement reads “informal plenary – time to be announceme...
by Sophie Trevitt
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COP18: Stop blaming civil society

With just hours to go until the resolution of the UN climate change negotiations, everyone is playing the blame game. While is is looking unlikely that some of the key issues around the transition towards the highly anticipated...
by Sophie Trevitt
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COP18: The new Palestine

It was an early morning for Nedal Katbeh-Bade the day after Palestine became an observer state within the UN. As Minister’s Advisor for Climate Change for Palestine, he was called to an early meeting first thing with the UNFC...
by Andrés Fuentes
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COP18: Conflict in climate change and Africa

Young climate change activist and women’s rights advocate Ruth Nyambura is attending the United Nations Climate Conference this year to join the voices of the global south calling for strong action on climate change. Nyambura...
by Sophie Trevitt
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COP18: African Union

Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions about Africa is that up until a few years ago, measures to tackle climate change within the continent were non-existent. Africa didn’t have environmental protection laws, right? Wrong...
by Ruth Nyambura
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