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Climate Change Is a Crisis We Can Only Solve Together

Adrian June 18, 2015 1 Comment

Re-posted from The Nation, written by Naomi Klein Two weeks ago, in the secluded but beautiful island of MDI, a number of Earth In Brackets members graduated from College of the Atlantic (COA). The graduation ceremony was great, not only because it was finally sunny (even though it seemed that summer will never arrive to that part of the world), but they also had an amazing commencement speaker:...

Major Group of Children and Youth Intervention

Jenna Farineau March 25, 2015 0 Comments

Our very own Aura Silva had the privilege of sharing the intervention on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth this morning in the opening session. The intervention states the thoughts and demands from the position of children and youth on the Sustainable Development Goal indicators that have been discussed here for the past 3 days. The intervention was received very well, especially...

Day 1 of the Post-2015 SDG Intergovernmental Negotiations

Jenna Farineau March 24, 2015 2 Comments

by Jenna Farineau Yesterday marked the beginning of the five day "Post-2015 Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Negotiations" at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The purpose of this conference is for member states to define the post-2015 development agenda that will be launched at a summit this September in recognition that the millennium development goals will reach...

So what is a Water Forum anyway?

COA Admin March 11, 2012 0 Comments

Those familiar with the UN Climate Treaty (UNFCCC) or the Convention on Biological Diversity covered by might be confused by the World Water Forum. They should be. It is a very different animal but an important one none-the less. Unlike the UNFCCC or other international treaty regimes, there is no treaty; there is no single agency or Secretariat, in fact the UN plays a very small role if...

“Trust Your Mexican” – Reflections on Mexico as Host of COP16

COA Admin December 7, 2010 0 Comments

by Anjali Appadurai The other day our delegation went to Puerto Morelos to meet with Doreen. Moises had the address and was leading us. We were unfamiliar with the area but we knew that her house number was #806. However, the street we were walking on had numbers starting at #10. We were convinced that we were going the wrong way even though Moises insisted that he knew where we were going. In...