Climate Justice Primer
What is Climate Justice? primer is the first in a series. Keep your eyes open! -nathan thanki
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Somali ‘climate refugees’ in Kenya: a consideration and a suggestion
by nathan thanki There is a Somali proverb that asserts; “Sorrow is like rice in the store; if a basketful is removed every day, it will come to an end at last.” In a case of tragic irony, circumstances in Somalia have conspired to add two baskets of sorrow for every one removed. Regarding rice the proverb has proved only too poignant, especially since the devastating drought of early 2011....
Analysis of the most recent suggested text on food security
By Anna Odell, Clara de Iturbe and Lara Shirley We have read the Zero Order Draft, the latest version of the amended text for food security, and the co-chair's suggested text that followed it. Overall, we have found that the Co-Chairs’ suggested text is a combination of acutely incompatible and different opinions. While inevitable to a certain extent, in this case the views expressed differ to...
What on [earth] is going on?
An update By Nathan Thanki Earth in brackets, as a team or as an online presence, does not exist in a void. We actually exist inside the very warm embrace of College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, Maine. A small, young school (350 students, 40 odd faculty, founded 1969) that offers one (or infinite, depending on who you ask) major: human ecology. Right now is not the time to enter the labyrinth...
A Reminder of Reality
By Julian Velez This is a reflection of my time in the Sustainable Development negotiations that took place in New York City. These negotiations are called the “informal-informal negotiations”; they are a build up to the Rio+20 summit. I speak of Food Sovereignty as a refreshing term that contrasts with the concepts and environment that is present in this UN process. I find the process of the...