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...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 8, 2015 | Climate Change, Food Security, Global Health, mitigation
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...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 1, 2015 | Climate Change, mitigation
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...
by Deborah Phelan | May 28, 2015 | Climate Change, Food Security, mitigation
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...
by Deborah Phelan | Mar 16, 2015 | Children, Climate Change, DRR, Food Security, Global Health, Youth
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, speaking at the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, yesterday emphasized the need to “embed Disaster Risk Reduction into the very DNA of our sustainable development framework.”...
