Climate Voices

Bob Ward: The IPCC’s 5th assessment – climate change...
The Grantham Institute's Bob Ward takes a look ahead to the release of the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report and what this could mean for our understanding of climate change. ...
Kelly Rigg: We don’t need to sugarcoat the cure...
Here's a question I bet no one has ever asked before: What do Mary Poppins and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have in common? Answer: Both like to dish out their medicine with a spoonful of sug...
David Suzuki: Fracked gas: A bridge fuel to nowhere
British Columbia (B.C.) appears to be pinning its economic hopes on natural gas—much of it obtained by fracking. While the world should be turning from fossil fuels to cleaner energy and conservatio...
On the Record: Cindy Baxter, Kiwi climate activist
The TckTckTck team chats with Cindy Baxter to learn more about the battle to protect the Great Barrier Reef from fossil fuel companies, the global significance of atmospheric CO2 levels reaching 400 p...
Kelly Rigg: What you need to know about fighting...
When Connect 4Climate asked me to speak at the Alcantara Dialogues during Milan Design Week, I jumped at the chance. After all, this was likely to be an audience made up of highly creative people, not...

Top Climate Voices

Young child in a refugee camp following the 2011 drought in Somalia. Creative Commons: Feed My Starving Children, 2011

Luc Gnacadja: ‘Famine dehumanizes us, but it is not a fate’

To celebrate World Day to Combat Desertification, UN Convention to Combat Desertification Executive Secretary, Luc Gnacadja writes for RTCC on the risks and impacts of the issue around the world

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition are calling on their government to push forward with renewable energy. Creative Commons: World Resources Institute, 2012

Dan Spencer: Australia must power ahead with renewable energy

AYCC's Dan Spencer calls on young people across Australia to call on their government to provide long-term linking on climate change and push forward with renewable energy.

Bob Ward: The IPCC’s 5th assessment – climate change by the numbers

The Grantham Institute's Bob Ward takes a look ahead to the release of the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report and what this could mean for our understanding of climate change.

Young people at the Bonn Climate Talks have called for diplomats to focus on intergenerational equity. Creative Commons: Tariq Al-Olaimy/Adopt a Negotiator, 2013

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.

Kelly Rigg: We don’t need to sugarcoat the cure for climate change

Here's a question I bet no one has ever asked before: What do Mary Poppins and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have in common? Answer: Both like to dish out their medicine with a spoonful of sugar. At least that's my take on an importan...

David Suzuki: Fracked gas: A bridge fuel to nowhere

British Columbia (B.C.) appears to be pinning its economic hopes on natural gas—much of it obtained by fracking. While the world should be turning from fossil fuels to cleaner energy and conservation, we’re poised to dig ourselves deeper into...

Communities living on the Marshall Islands are already living with the reality of climate change. Creative Commons: Matt Kieffer, 2009

Phillip Muller: Climate change is No. 1 threat facing the Marshall Islands

Phillip Muller, Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands warns that communities in the Pacific can not afford to wait for climate action and are already learning the terrible realities of climate change.

On the Record: Cindy Baxter, Kiwi climate activist

The TckTckTck team chats with Cindy Baxter to learn more about the battle to protect the Great Barrier Reef from fossil fuel companies, the global significance of atmospheric CO2 levels reaching 400 ppm and what it’s like to be a climate acti...

Courtesy: World Resources Institute, 2012

Jennifer Morgan: Encouraging signs of progress from Bonn climate talks

A slight breath of fresh air entered the UNFCCC climate negotiations last week in Bonn, Germany. Held in the old German parliament - which was designed to demonstrate transparency and light - the meeting took on a more open feel than the past...

Competition gets young writers using poetry to explore climate change

Cape Farewell's latest project SWITCH encouraged young writers to use poetry to explore climate change, with the aim of inspring creative responses to the problem.