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 | Nov 20, 2022 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, COP27, Loss and Damage
As the COP27 UNFCCC climate talks were gaveled to completion in the early hours of Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the failure to mention the necessary phase out of fossil fuels in the concluding document marked a huge win for the industry and for oil...
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 | Apr 12, 2018 | 2050, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Disaster Risk Reduction, Displacement and Migration, Drought, DRR, Extreme Weather, mitigation, Take Action, TIme Capsule
The Paris text was a political fix in which grand words masked inadequate deeds. The voluntary national emission reduction commitments since Paris now put the world on a path of 3.4°C of warming by 2100, and more than 5°C if high-end risks including carbon-cycle...
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 | Mar 1, 2017 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, Global Goals, Ideas, UN SDGs, Youth and Climate Change
Reporting both live and virtually from Bonn, Germany, The Global Festival of Ideas launched its three day revolutionary “playable conference” today with word that it’s not too late for you to chime in. The “Playable Conference” is mixing...
