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 | Apr 9, 2018 | 2050, Children, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Extreme Weather, Global Goals, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs, Youth and Climate Change
Young people from across the world are utilizing the mobile application of Voices of Youth Maps to publicize local issues and promote positive change in their communities. In the lead up to COP21, 800 young reporters from communities in France, Ireland, Guatemala,...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 3, 2018 | 2050, Climate Change, Displacement and Migration, Drought, Extreme Weather, TIme Capsule, Water, Youth and Climate Change
You live in a coastal region where impacts from sea level rise are already evident. Your life or the life of someone you know has already been disrupted due to serious water stressors — either flood, fires, or droughts. Your access to clean drinking water is...
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 | Apr 20, 2017 | Climate Change, Displacement and Migration, Extreme Weather
“Policy decisions made today will determine whether migration becomes a matter of choice amongst a range of adaptation options, or merely a matter of survival due to a collective failure by the international community to provide better alternatives.” – In Search of...
by Deborah Phelan | Mar 13, 2017 | Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Displacement and Migration, Drought, DRR, Extreme Weather, Food Security, TIme Capsule
What can we do about climate change? The Best Climate Practices Observatory has just announced its fifth challenge “Building local resilience to climate disaster risk, in a search for innovative best practices to address the severe danger from extreme weather...
