Tag: UNFCCC

Why do I [want to] work for climate justice?

Aneesa Khan May 1, 2016 0 Comments
Guest blog by Rebecca Haydu When I ask myself this, I am met with more questions than answers. Where does positive change actually come from, and who decides what that looks like? What does it mean to engage in an international space like the United Nations as compared to working at home? Where does the movement for climate justice begin and end? How does someone like me fit in all of this?...

Has the World Changed?

Makiko Yoshida December 18, 2015 0 Comments
by Makiko Yoshida "We cannot accept starvation as a price for the success of this agreement," Gurdial Singh Nijar of Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Like Minded Group of countries.           The Paris Agreement was adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) after four years of work. The plenary was filled with applause and excitement for what...

[Earth] Debrief COP21 at Uppsala University

Sara Velander December 16, 2015 0 Comments
By Sara Velander After two and a half weeks of navigating our way across Paris whether it’s attending the circus of negotiations at the Le Bourget, taking frequent naps at our hostel at Gare du Nord, making banners at the art space in Jardin d’Alice or leading workshops at the Climate Action Zone, it is time for debrief. Once the negotiations ended and civil society demonstrations took place...

The WHAT after Paris?

Aura Silva Martinez December 16, 2015 0 Comments
By Aura Silva Martinez There were over 160 people sitting in layers around a big, wide circle at the Climate Coalition 21 assembly. An ongoing wave of comments, questions and answers was being thrown to a multitude of unresponsive chairs. This was an overwhelming experience for me, and despite being a somewhat inefficient space where having a real, meaningful conversation was significantly...

A Message Home to the US: What Actually Happened at COP21

Morgan Heckerd December 12, 2015 0 Comments
  by Morgan Heckerd Over the past two weeks 196 governments have spent hours within consultation rooms and plenary halls in efforts of reaching an agreement. They are here in Paris because they know that the era of emissions need to come to an end. The urgency of climate change is no longer a concept that they can deny. But– the developed countries have fallen short in adopting the...