by Deborah Phelan | Oct 19, 2017 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, Disaster Risk Reduction, Displacement and Migration, Extreme Weather, mitigation
A CUNY report suggests that some 500,000 people could leave Puerto Rico following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. One month after the hurricane, 80% of the island remains without power, approximately 1/4 of its residents lack access to clean drinking water,...
by Deborah Phelan | Aug 28, 2017 | Children, Global Goals, Global Health, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs, Water, Youth, Youth and Climate Change
By 2050, experts predict the global need for fresh water will increase more than 40%, as 1/4 of the world’s 9.7 billion people reside in regions experiencing “chronic or recurrent” lack of clean water. Malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 19, 2017 | Climate Change, COP23
Young people from around the world are invited to share stories about their climate actions in 3-minute video presentations in the third annual Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change. The two themes this year, Climate friendly and resilient cities and Oceans...
by Deborah Phelan | May 25, 2017 | Children, Gender Equity, Global Goals, Take Action, UN SDGs, Youth
If women hold up half the sky, why will it take over 138 years to close the gender pay gap? Why is the gap between men and women’s access to the Internet estimated to be 250M? Why are women and girls not only under-represented as tech “consumers”...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 28, 2017 | biochar, Cookstoves, Food Security
2050kids welcomed a wonderful community of supporters to our first fundraiser on Earth Day, April 22. Hosted by Yoga of Sausalito, the event was a celebratory success, with inspired young people talking about their experience building cookstoves, a moving vocal...
