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Forrest Watkins | November 11th, 2016
Attendees were due for a rebound as UN climate negotiations enter into its fourth day in Marrakech. With the previous day being spent digesting the shocking results of the US
Who’s Saying What on Trump
Forrest Watkins | November 10th, 2016
Emotions ran high as dawn broke in Marrakech, Morocco and media sources began to call the American election for Donald Trump. Delegates to the UN climate conference and civil society
Communicating Hope: Interview With Professor Sheila Jasanoff
Hamza Tahiri | December 7th, 2015
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
Can Brazil Save the Amazon?
Cécile S | November 22nd, 2013
Brazil’s recent efforts to curb its deforestation have all but increased in the past year. Known as the world’s lungs, the Amazon is one of the biggest carbon sinks. With
Ban Ki-Moon Summit Announced
S Neelakantan | November 21st, 2013
As the Warsaw UN climate change negotiations comes to an end, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s leaders summit on climate change has formally been announced. Robert Orr, assistant general-secretary of strategic planning,
Connecting The Dots For Tomorrow’s Agriculture
Cécile S | November 20th, 2013
The Global Landscape Forum highlighted how young people are involved in sustainable agriculture. Original ideas were put forward by engaged young entrepreneurs; including a tree-planting project for ex-soldiers in Uganda,
Leaders Plan for Change at Climate Convention
Tim Hall | March 26th, 2012
Over two days in December 2011, while world leaders discussed global co-operation on climate change at the 17th annual Conference of the Parties (COP) climate change negotiations – also known
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.
