by Deborah Phelan | Apr 23, 2023 | Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Displacement and Migration, Extreme Weather, Food Security, mitigation
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) just released its latest annual report the State of the Global Climate 2022, revealing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) on the land, the ocean, and the atmosphere, painting a dire picture of droughts, floods and...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Geoengineering
Africa’s climate negotiators are being pressured to shield their countries from a looming global heating endgame by utilizing interventions like solar geoengineering , a process that either shields sun rays or redirects sunlight away from the planet. In a New York...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 21, 2023 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, SLAPPS
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a seven-year lawsuit against Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International brought by Resolute Forest Products. After Greenpeace exposed Resolute’s unsustainable forestry practices, the...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 21, 2023 | Climate Change, Loss and Damage, Youth and Climate Change
The United Nations General Assembly voted last month to engage the International Court of Justice at The Hague in weighing in on the responsibility of high-emitting countries to engage in actions to address climate change. The resolution was sponsored by Vanuatu, one...
by Deborah Phelan | Dec 31, 2022 | Climate Change
The reelection of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president of Brazil was one of the most exciting and hopeful happenings in the world of climate change in 2022. Lula ran on a platform that promised to reign in miners, land grabbers, and illegal loggers who are rapidly...
