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Good News from WMO: Power Sector Emissions May Have Peaked

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...

The World in 2050

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...

A Hopeful Look at Climate Migration

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....

“The Great Climate Migration Has Begun”

by Deborah Phelan | Jun 15, 2021 | Climate Change, Displacement and Migration

In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that the greatest single impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding, and agricultural disruption. Since then various...

World Refugee Day

by Deborah Phelan | Jun 19, 2018 | 2050, Displacement and Migration, TIme Capsule

The number of “forcibly displaced people” rose to 68.5 million last year, according to the UN refugee agency reporting. 16.2 million people were newly driven from their homes in 2017. 44,400 each day. 1 every 2 seconds. “International...

A Billion Acts, A Little Sun

by Deborah Phelan | May 11, 2018 | 2050, Children, Disaster Risk Reduction, Displacement and Migration, Global Goals, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs, Youth and Climate Change

“We’re convinced that average, ordinary people can tackle the toughest issues facing humanity.” -Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff​​​​​​​ A small ambitious Ethiopian nonprofit which manufactures and distributes portable solar powered lanterns is one of twelve nominees...
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