Putting Lipstick on a Kiwi
The UN climate change conference currently taking place in Paris drew the largest congregation of political power in history last week. It is now hosting an equally formidable gathering of
The 1.5 Placebo
Moments before the Paris climate agreement is to be decided upon, the draft text (as of 3pm Wednesday) still contains three different options surrounding its overall objective. The draft retains
Communicating Hope: Interview With Professor Sheila Jasanoff
Many people feel overwhelmed about climate change. Graphs and statistics obscure the bigger picture that our atmosphere is becoming less hospitable to human life. Science is about impersonal observation, not a lived
The Lima Call: The Battle is Won but the War is Yet to Come
The Verb’s analysis and editorial on what happened and came out of COP20.
What the FCCC Happened Last Week?
The Verb’s overview of where the negotiations are at and what to keep your eyes on in the week to come.
Climate Summit and Australia
Leaders are meeting to act on climate change — why should young Australians care?
What Ever Happened To Fair Play?
It was hardly a surprise to see India walk away from the Climate Action Network booth last night
Dreams Or Numbers For Gender Equality?
Tuesday’s UNFCCC ‘gender and climate change’ day was unconventional in many ways. In hosting the feature event, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, did not ask panellists to talk
Durban: What Of It?
Speak Your Mind editors reflect on the outcome of COP17; what was delivered, who was involved and what it really means for the world.
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Holy See and Sex: Follow Up
Gen Stewart | June 24th, 2012
In follow up to the “Holy See and Sex”: here. The “negotiations” of the Rio+20 summit have officially closed, with all parties agreeing on the severely compromised declaration text. In
Durban: What Of It?
Tim Hall | December 14th, 2011
Speak Your Mind editors reflect on the outcome of COP17; what was delivered, who was involved and what it really means for the world.
Keeping Faith When All Hope Is Lost
Willemien Calitz | December 10th, 2011
Dear Minister Mashabane This morning a Namibian radio station, Kosmos Radio, phoned me to ask how the negotiations were going. “Any news?” they asked excitedly. No, I thought. At least
Development, what of it?
Julian K | December 7th, 2011
The term ‘development’ is one that everybody uses yet, nobody understands. It splits the world in half, differentiating between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries, and broadly defines discourse on international politics,
Durban Must Deliver: Where to After Kyoto?
Julian K | December 1st, 2011
For Durban to be a success, three main areas must be addressed: a post-Kyoto agreement, financing and forestry. “Durban is here, this is the last moment,” Martin Khor, Director
Memoirs of a Greensha: Part Two
Yara Al-Wazir | July 20th, 2011
Water is beautiful. It guards our land, it helps us tan, it nourishes us and it tastes great. Sadly, water statistics makes me cringe, and there are plenty of them.
Conference Hopping Ministers
Linh Do | February 24th, 2011
I had been planning a hiatus from the environmental conference scene at the end of COP16 in Cancun. Yet, just two months later, I find myself waking up in Nairobi
Cancun is Big from the Moon
admin | December 11th, 2010
I’m sitting here inside Moon Palace at COP16, the heart of the climate negotiations, on the final day of the Cancun conference. It’s an eerie feeling, the place is packed
A Final Plea for COP16
Tim Hall | December 10th, 2010
Dear Governments at Cancun, As the final day of the COP16 Climate change negotiations looms on us, think back to this time last year. The hope, the momentum, the spirit
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