December 18, 2015

Climate displacement: an identity issue

Aura Silva Martinez December 18, 2015 0 Comments

By Aura Silva Martinez Climate change disasters displace millions of people each year. This is a present reality affecting multiple communities around the world. Despite having the very emblematic figure of the small island states in the Pacific, who are among the most impacted and vulnerable in respects to the effects of climate change, the definition of climate refugees is still at a very...

Has the World Changed?

Makiko Yoshida December 18, 2015 0 Comments

by Makiko Yoshida "We cannot accept starvation as a price for the success of this agreement," Gurdial Singh Nijar of Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Like Minded Group of countries. The Paris Agreement was adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) after four years of work. The plenary was filled with applause and excitement for what...

How the Paris Agreement FCCC’ed Us Over

Aneesa Khan December 18, 2015 0 Comments

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 sickeningly thundering applause? Well, that can only be described as torturous. Feelings along the lines of delirious levels of fury, profound misery and a fairly good amount of second-hand embarrassment...