by rrf105 | Nov 16, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Daisy O’Neill, Rana Ozturk, and Laura Reeves The feeling of climate anxiety is a growing phenomenon. With an increasing concern for the average global temperature reaching 1.5 ˚C above pre-industrial levels, many people worry that we are achieving too little...
by rrf105 | Nov 15, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Fiona Spuler, Thea Stevens, Catherine Toolan, Alex Moores. A little over a week into the conference, progress on loss and damage has been discouraging. Robert Muthami, a negotiator from Kenya, updated us on current discussions in the negotiation rooms. It seems...
by rrf105 | Nov 15, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Alex Moores, Fiona Spuler, Catherine Toolan, and Thea Stevens Yesterday was Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) and Civil Society Day at COP27 and accordingly, we heard from several speakers who shared their view of what makes for effective civil climate action...
by rrf105 | Nov 15, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Catherine Toolan, Thea Stevens, Fiona Spuller, and Alex Moores In part one of this blog series on civil society and climate empowerment we examined the disconnect between civil society and COP negotiations. In this second part we attempt to answer the question:...
by rrf105 | Nov 14, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Sharon Mandipe and Sarah Watson It has been argued by the United Nations that climate change is primarily a water crisis (UN Water n.d.). We all felt the effects of the relationship between climate change and water when temperatures topped 40°C for the first time...
by rrf105 | Nov 11, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy
By Chris Pesso The Oil and Gas Industry, over the past decades, has significantly contributed to the rise of CO2 emissions. The time has arrived for these companies to start funding the development of new technologies towards renewable energy. For this purpose, a...
