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 issue grave warnings of
One day before the huge November 29 Climate March in Paris, Place To B throws open its doors to create a new way of looking at the world through “green glasses.” There is still space for you to be one of the 600 participants in this one-of-a-kind scramble of journalists,
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 success for this year’s UN climate summit. While simply delivering any agreement in Paris may
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 upon the link between economics, poverty, and ecological
A new analysis released today at the G7 summit provides a ‘bread and butter’ overview of how national climate action plans will benefit everyday citizens in terms of better jobs, longer lives and a cleaner atmosphere. The report was issued hours before G7 leaders announced 2050 targets which would lower
As the Bonn Climate Talks launched today, France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius urged that any climate agreement must be worded in a manner which does not require consent of the United States Congress. “We must find a formula which is valuable for everybody and valuable for the US without going
As thousands die and roads melt in India’s sweltering heat wave and reports file in predicting the imminent collapse of Antarctica’s 12,000 year-old Larson B Icesheet, the Bonn Talks commence next Monday. Unfortunately, they begin with scientists weighing in on the dangerously insufficient ambition of developed countries’ Intended Nationally Determined