by Cole Mellino
Many young climate activists are taking climate change matters into their own hands rather than waiting for political leaders to get their act together. Young plaintiffs, who filed a lawsuit against legislatures, are demanding that political leaders “govern as if our future matters.” Continue reading–>
28 March: Use your power to change climate change
Uniting people to protect the planet. Join the Earth Hour. Continue reading–>
The World Can Live Better And Fight Climate Change, UK Report Says
By Megan Rowling
BARCELONA, Jan 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world can improve living standards for all while cutting climate-changing emissions to keep to an internationally agreed limit for global warming, a team led by the British government said on Wednesday.
It launched an online calculator (www.globalcalculator.org) allowing businesses, governments, researchers and the public to explore how different ways of pursuing economic development to 2050 will shape carbon emissions and rising temperatures.
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Is the Lima deal a travesty of global climate justice
by John Vidal
Poorer countries likely to reject agreement in Paris next year if onus falls on them rather than those largely responsible for global warming
At one point on Saturday night it looked quite likely that the Lima climate talks would collapse in disarray. Instead of the harmony expected between China and the US following their pre-talks pact, the world’s two largest economies were squaring off; workmen were dismantling the venue; old faultlines between rich and poor countries were opening up again and some countries’ delegations were rushing to catch their planes.
In the end, after a marathon 32-hour session where everyone stared into the abyss of total failure, a modicum of compromise prevailed. Some deft changes of emphasis in the revised text and the inclusion of key words such as “loss” and “damage” proved just enough for diplomats to bodge a last-minute compromise. There were cheers and tears as the most modest of agreements was reached. The Peruvian president of the UN climate change convention, or Cop20, could say without irony: “With this text, we all win without exception.”
Not so.
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Obama To Commit $3 Billion For Climate Aid
WASHINGTON –- President Barack Obama will pledge $3 billion this weekend to an international fund that helps developing countries address climate change, in yet another move seen as important to advancing cooperation toward a global climate agreement.
