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Global meeting brings new insight on faith and climate change
People of diverse faiths representing every region around the world gathered in Switzerland in May to discuss the intersections of environmentalism, theology, and climate change. They shared not only how their churches are responding locally ...
Pledge to resist: Join NoKXL.org to stop the pipeline
CREDO, Rainforest Action Network and the Other 98% have announced their first planned act of civil disobedience as part of the Pledge of Resistance to the Keystone XL pipeline. On Monday, July 17th, citizens will participate in a sit in and r...
Tariq Al-Olaimy: Intergenerational equity in the spotlight at the Bonn Climate Talks
YOUNGO - the youth constituency of the UNFCCC - came together in Bonn to highlight the need for intergenerational equity to be at the heart of the climate negotiations.
Bonn climate talks 2013: Mid-session overview (VIDEO)
The first week of the June 2013 Bonn climate talks concluded with very mixed results, with some negotiations moving forward positively while others have been completely stalled. The next days will be crucial for a succesful outcome this year ...
Kenya’s female MPs aim to give rural women a voice on climate policy
Kenya’s rural women are set to get a great voice in decision on climate change, as 47 female parliamentarian join a groups aimed at pushing gender balance.
Send a message to Congress: Listen to women in the climate change debate
Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California re-introduced a resolution in the U.S. Congress which recognizes the disproportionate impact that climate change has on women. And women in developing countries from Malawi to Bangladesh are increasingl...
‘Women beyond war’: Rising up for environmental justice and an end to violence
If the flow of money is any indication of the world’s values, then the perpetuation of both fossil fuels and militarism are among society’s top priorities. The International Monetary Fund recently reported that world governments spend $2 tril...
Sign the petition: Stand in solidarity with the occupiers of the Belo Monte Dam
On Monday May 27th, indigenous people of the Xingu and Tapajós river basins of Brazil resumed occupation of the Belo Monte Dam site, the second occupation in less than one month and part of an ongoing struggle to have their rights respected b...
Join the 350 summer mobilization: Turn up the heat on fossil fuel companies
During the two hottest weeks of summer, 350.org and grassroots organizations across the United States are going to turn up the heat on fossil fuel companies. “As the temperature rises, so do we.” Summer Heat will be a mass mobilization of peo...
U.S. youth climate movement grows each summer at ‘Sprog’
Young people across the United States are building a movement. They are driving change on their campuses and in their communities, taking action for clean energy, healthy communities, and social justice. For many, their activism begins with t...
‘Hundreds of millions’ could be displaced by climate change
New figures show 32.4 million people were forced from their homes by natural disasters in 2012, but one leading economist ‘hundreds of millions’ could be displaced by climate change in the future.
Alaskan villagers face life as America’s first climate refugees
The 350 villagers of Newtok, Alaska could become America’s first climate refugees, as the entire village is at risk of disappearing underwater.
‘Millennia’-old indigenous livelihoods in Amazon disrupted by climate change
The indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest are already bearing the hardships of climate change. According to interviews with indigenous leaders in the Brazilian Amazon, these tribes are experiencing weather patterns and agricultural cycle...
Community based adaptation conference promotes dialogue on resilience
The seventh International Conference on Community based Adaptation to Climate Change took place from April 22nd to April 25th in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was organized by the International Institute for Environmental and Development (IIED) and t...
Youth climate leader Merna Ghaly named in Newsweek’s ’125 Women of Impact’
It's not often that a teenager is featured in Newsweek alongside women like Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey, but that is exactly what happened when 18 year-old Merna Ghaly, an Arab Youth Climate leader from Egypt, was named one of the top '...
Thursday, April 25th
Fresh this week: financial insiders reveal risk of wasting trillions on toxic carbon assets; new hope for an EU ETS fix; will the world cross the 400ppm C02 threshold this week?
Child drinking photo
Young boy in Afghanistan drink from tap Creative Commons: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, 2002 Source: Flickr
Hunger and climate justice come together at international conference
World leaders gathered in Dublin on April 15th and 16th to participate in an international conference on climate justice, hunger, and nutrition hosted by the Irish government and the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice. The start of th...
Migration photo
Internally Displaced Persons on the road, Sudan Creative Commons: UN Photo/Tim McKulka Source: Flickr
