by Deborah Phelan | May 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Food Security
THE PHOSPHORUS TAX As efforts to feed an estimated 2050 global population of 9.7 billion swing into overdrive, the global breadbasket tropics from Africa to the Amazon are the primary target for “agricultural intensification.” Industrializing food security places the...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 26, 2016 | Climate Change, COP21
Despite years of research pointing to the inadequacies of limiting global warming to 2° C, the UNFCCC scored a long awaited PR victory on Earth Day 2016 as leaders from 171 countries convened at the UN to sign the Paris Climate Agreement. As scientists continue to...
by Deborah Phelan | Oct 10, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Justice, COP21
The Peoples Climate Movement Day of Action this Wednesday is one of largest events in climate activism as we approach the end of what is perhaps the most significant year in the history of environmental activism. With large October 14 actions in cities and towns...
by Deborah Phelan | Jul 13, 2015 | Climate Change, Food Security, Global Health, Hunger, UN SDGs, Youth and Climate Change
London. July 13, 2015.(College of the Atlantic) Representatives of climate-impacted communities and social movements in the global South are collaborating with international faith, labour, development, and environment NGOs to issue a clear “litmus test” of...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 13, 2015 | Climate Change
In an unprecedented papal encyclical, Pope Francis is calling for a economic and ethical revolution to wage battle against climate change. The letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics will be released in five languages on Thursday, June 18 and will expound...
