by Deborah Phelan | Dec 14, 2015 | Climate Change, COP21, Ideas, Real Life Story, Take Action, Youth, Youth and Climate Change
Dayo Awosola is an accomplished technology entrepreneur from climate-vulnerable Lagos in Nigeria. He joined more than 6000 people in Paris for the 11th annual Conference of Youth (COY11) to help gather and present the youth voice just before the official COP21 climate...
by Deborah Phelan | Dec 11, 2015 | Climate Change, COP21, Ideas, mitigation, Uncategorized
Everyone knows that decades of international climate summits haven’t worked. Greenhouse gas emissions, concentrations and impacts all rise as if no discussion or agreement had ever been attempted. Yet climate conference agendas never include the question...
by Deborah Phelan | Oct 10, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, COP21, Global Health
One day before the huge November 29 Climate March in Paris, Place To B throws open its doors to create a new way of looking at the world through “green glasses.” There is still space for you to be one of the 600 participants in this one-of-a-kind scramble...
by Deborah Phelan | Oct 10, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, COP21
The Peoples Climate Movement Day of Action this Wednesday is one of largest events in climate activism as we approach the end of what is perhaps the most significant year in the history of environmental activism. With large October 14 actions in cities and towns...
by Deborah Phelan | Jul 13, 2015 | Climate Change, Food Security, Global Health, Hunger, UN SDGs, Youth and Climate Change
London. July 13, 2015.(College of the Atlantic) Representatives of climate-impacted communities and social movements in the global South are collaborating with international faith, labour, development, and environment NGOs to issue a clear “litmus test” of...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 13, 2015 | Climate Change
In an unprecedented papal encyclical, Pope Francis is calling for a economic and ethical revolution to wage battle against climate change. The letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics will be released in five languages on Thursday, June 18 and will expound...
