by Deborah Phelan | Nov 6, 2022 | Climate Change, COP27, Loss and Damage
Despite longstanding objections from the US and the UK, negotiators for the first time have agreed to include loss and damage funding on the official agenda here at COP27 on the first day of the climate talks. As the UNFCCC meeting began today in Sharm-el-Sheik,...
by Deborah Phelan | Nov 3, 2022 | Climate Change, COP27
Upwards of 35,000 will be in attendance in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, November 6-18 for the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), a gathering of NGOs, activists, world leaders, negotiators, and journalists. The 193 participating countries have signed on to one or more...
by Deborah Phelan | Sep 28, 2022 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, Loss and Damage
In a poignantly intimate article, Loss and damage: What happens when climate change destroys lives and cultures? the authors reference a glacier in the Peruvian Andes whose disappearance is equated with the departure of the gods. This is just one example of...
by Deborah Phelan | Sep 8, 2022 | 2050, Climate Change, Real Life Story
I used to write a lot about climate change. Until I didn’t anymore. And that happened when I began to experience intense grief and fear over what our future looks like. I think that happened in conjunction with the 2015 Paris Agreement, which, while lauded now by...
by Deborah Phelan | Aug 25, 2022 | Climate Change, Displacement and Migration, Extreme Weather
When midnight strikes on New Year’s Day of 2050, there will be little cause for celebration. There will, of course, be the usual toasts with fine wines in the climate-controlled compounds of the wealthy few. But for most of humanity, it’ll just be another day of...
by Deborah Phelan | Aug 25, 2022 | Climate Change, Displacement and Migration
In the next 30 years, according to the UN International Organization for migration, we can expect up to 1.5 billion environmental migrants, raising the question of how our world can change to accommodate a population that will move north to already challenged cities....
