By: Sara Velander and Jenna Farineau Each day at the Conference of Parties, a certain theme is chosen to frame the day’s events and actions, and this past Wednesday, December 4, bore the theme “Young and Future Generations.” Young people were running around expressing their cheery nature, while adults stood in front of them making […]
<- Back to Alumni Anjali Appadurai / Anjali’s blogs Lisa Bjerke / Lisa’s blogs Mariana Calderon / Mariana’s blogs Moises Flores Baca / Moises’s blogs Jane Nurse / Jane’s blogs Graham Reeder / Graham’s blogs Trudi Zundel / Trudi’s blogs **************************** Graham Reeder back to top What are you up to now? I’m currently on a Watson Fellowship, looking at how […]
Ever since our own Anjali Appadurai stood before world leaders at the 2011 Durban climate talks to demand “equity now,” echoing a longstanding demand of climate justice movements across the world, there has been an increasing use of the word in discussions on international climate change policy. The idea of equity is contested, as everyone […]
by nathan thanki Work at the social preCOP in Venezuela has finally begun on the process to prepare a declarative document reflecting the demands of social movements in relation to climate change and the international process. Following a day of presentations from local governments—including the Mayor of Nantes and the Governor of Caracas—day two, called […]
By Nathan Thanki with input from Katie O’Brien, Anjali Appadurai, and others. Photos by Rachel Wells In short, the negotiations are falling apart. We say that with utmost respect for the work being done by our negotiator allies and friends among civil society observers. It is not their fault. Nor is it the fault of […]
