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...
by Deborah Phelan | Jul 27, 2016 | Climate Change, DRR, Food Security, Ideas, mitigation, Our Blog, Real Life Story, Take Action, Uncategorized, Youth and Climate Change
The task of climate rescue can feel daunting. Where do you start with the new policy, infrastructure and lifestyles urgently needed to switch humanity from wrecking to restabilizing the climate? This big switch should and could be made quickly but it’s...
by Deborah Phelan | Jul 5, 2016 | Climate Change, COP21, Food Security, Hunger, Ideas, Live Your Life, mitigation, Our Blog, Take Action, Youth and Climate Change
What are the heroic actions that can save the planet from climate chaos? Solar panels? Electric cars? COP climate talks? All these heroes have been celebrated for decades – whilst the damage from climate instability continues to worsen mercilessly. We urgently...
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...