social movements

The Paris Agreement

Aneesa Khan January 19, 2016 0 Comments

guest blog by Daniel Voskoboynik, This Changes Everything UK For all the dispiriting truths I know about the world, inside of me I still carry impulses of hopeful naiveté: that there are no bad intentions but misguided ones, that things are being constantly improved, that there are always saviours somewhere, that all problems find their cures. These intuitions, engraved in me through innocence...

Climate of Conscience

Aneesa Khan August 17, 2015 0 Comments

Re-posted from Medium, written by the Tipping Point Collective As climate justice activists, we know that our movement is deeply connected with others such as those for gender, race, and migration (to name a few). But how do we, in our fight for the climate, show solidarity with these movements and adapt our narrative so that we are allies in their fights for system change? Check out this...

No justice in Lima Outcome

Adrian December 16, 2014 1 Comment

Declaración de los grupos miembros de Justicia Climática que participaron en la COP, emitido la ultima noche de las negociaciones en rechazo al resultado de Lima. Versión en español disponible en la segunda parte de este blog. No Justice in Lima Outcome (English) This is the statement prepared by CJ groups inside COP20 and published the last night of negotiations in rejection to the outcome...

Escuchando sus voces: La Cumbre de los Pueblos

Michelle Pazmino December 9, 2014 0 Comments

Poderes políticos en las negociaciones de la Conferencia de las Partes tienden a ignorar las demandas de la sociedad civil, la gente, el pueblo, y sus derechos sobre a lo que el cambio climático se refiere. La Cumbre de los Pueblos es un espacio en el que estos grupos marginalizados, que tienden a ser más susceptibles a los impactos climáticos, se juntan para hablar sobre su lucha. Granjeros,...

Listening to their voices! The People’s Summit

Michelle Pazmino December 6, 2014 0 Comments

Some political powers in the COP negotiations tend to ignore the demands of civil society, the people, el pueblo, and their rights regarding the impacts of climate change. The Cumbre de los Pueblos, (in English People’s Summit) is a space in which these marginalized groups, that tend to be the most susceptible to climate change’s impacts, are brought together to voice their struggles....