Mind the Gap: The glaring hole between global fossil fuel expansion and Paris Climate commitments.
The disconnect between Paris temperature goals and countries’ plans and policies for coal, oil, and gas production is massive, worrying and unacceptable. The planet is in an almighty mess, we see and feel its pain daily as we watch people…
Mind the Gap: The glaring hole between global fossil fuel expansion and Paris Climate commitments.
From the frontlines of climate change resistance
The planet is only 1°C warmer than pre-industrial times, yet we are already witnessing a chain of catastrophic climate-related extremes all over the globe. If we want to avoid even more dramatic impacts, we have to stay under a 1.5°C…
From the frontlines of climate change resistance
Culture, Climate Change and the Real Cost of Coal
This week, an important meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee came to an underwhelming end; thousands of people across the world were hoping the Committee, in its 41st session just concluded in…
Culture, Climate Change and the Real Cost of Coal
Dangerously Hot: Holding to account those harming communities in North Africa
As the Marrakesh Climate Talks begin in earnest this week, local and regional communities are keenly aware of what is at stake after record breaking temperatures this summer. This translates into dangerously hot weather for the region of this year’s…
Dangerously Hot: Holding to account those harming communities in North Africa
A Climate For Change
by Hoda Baraka and Melanie Mattauch On the occasion of Global Divestment Day, a message that the climate movement is alive and well. People around the world are fighting for an economy that serves rather than hinders action on climate change.…
A Climate For Change
What the Global Climate Movement can learn from Latin America
Latin America has a long history of popular movements, whether it be in the environmental, political or economic context. Today these movements have established themselves as a major social and political force largely shaping regional realities. Below are highlights from conversations with climate…
What the Global Climate Movement can learn from Latin America
The realities of climate change in Latin America
Español | Português As negotiators meet in Lima, Peru for the United Nations climate talks, we take a look at the climate impacts already causing dire consequences throughout the region alongside projected ones mentioned in the recent report…
The realities of climate change in Latin America
10 important findings from the IPCC Reports
The final instalment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is due for release on November 2. The Synthesis Report serves as the capstone aiming to distill, synthesise and integrate the findings of the working…
10 important findings from the IPCC Reports
People’s Climate Mobilisation: A Global Invitation
To change everything, we need everyone. This September, world leaders are coming to New York City to talk about how to address the climate crisis. This is a crucial moment; we’re at a crossroads. We can and must change course…
People’s Climate Mobilisation: A Global Invitation
IPCC Report: “Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change.”
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launched its latest report earlier today in Yokohama, Japan, which deals with the risk to society due to climate change and how to manage this risk. The main conclusion from the report is that…