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A Long Term Goal in the Paris Agreement: A Failure Without Differentiation & Equity

Paige Nygaard December 10, 2015 0 Comments

By Paige Nygaard We are getting closer and closer to the end of COP21. Anticipation is growing to seeing what disaster will unfold within the text. Will it be slightly bad? Absolutely terrible? How much will the United States be able to shift the burden of climate change to other countries while also blaming them for any bad deal in Paris? As every draft text gets released, it favors the...

The Youth Complex at COP21

Jenna Farineau December 7, 2015 1 Comment

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 speeches and while camera-men followed just behind to make...

A letter to ministers and negotiators who care about people and the climate

Nathan Thanki December 5, 2012 0 Comments

Earth in Brackets fully supports this letter from social movements, farmers' organisations, civil society groups, faither-based organisations, youth, indigenous peoples, NGOs and networks present at UNFCCC COP18. The letter can also be viewed here.