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When it happens at home

Sara Lowgren August 5, 2018 0 Comments

by Sara Löwgren This is a personal story. It is different from our regular blog posts and may present a different perspective. I have written about the impacts of climate change for years. Seeking to inform, animate, and provoke action, I put words to emotions I did not yet know. I am extremely privileged: I still do not know what it feels like when a drought threatens your family’s daily...

The Big Fights at COP23

Thule van den Dam November 6, 2017 0 Comments

Written by Thule van den Dam, Aura Silva Martinez, and Rachael Goldberg COP23 (Fiji) in Bonn officially started today and we are caught between a rock and a hard place. The Paris Agreement is a watery, empty promise, and a Polish presidency for COP24 is promising to be as dark as the ‘Coal Summit’ that will be hosted at the same time. To hold developed countries accountable to...

Land Use at COP22: What Happened and What’s Next?

Sara Velander November 15, 2016 1 Comment

By Sara Velander, Jenna Farineau, and Elaina Burress. After the final text of the Paris Agreement was adopted mid-December 2015, several land-focused organizations analyzed the different ways land use and agriculture are positioned in the agreement, in order to identify the future trajectory of land use in international climate policy. According to Climate Focus, the Agreement made specific...

[Earth] member delivers SBSTA Closing Plenary Intervention at COP22

Jenna Farineau November 14, 2016 0 Comments

At every COP meeting, constituencies have the opportunity to address opening and closing plenaries through interventions. The closing of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice closed today at COP22, and a member of our COP22 delegation, Jenna Farineau, gave the speech on behalf of the UNFCCC youth constituency (special thanks and shoutout to all the people who worked on the...

“If no one can listen to [us] when [we’re] alone, then we must do it collectively”

Jenna Farineau November 12, 2016 0 Comments

by Elaina Burress and Jenna Farineau "I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." ―Malala Yousafzai Just two days ago, Sada Albachir and Agnes Leina from the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee along with Tafadzwa Dhlakama of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association spoke on a...