Human Rights & Migration
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CitiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHuman Rights & MigrationJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Warren Releases Environmental Justice Platform
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a new environmental justice plan this week as she continued her quest for her party’s 2020 presidential nomination. -
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Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’
Protecting the Arctic from rapid warming is one of the essential steps in averting runaway climate change for the entire planet, Inuit leader Sheila ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Dismantling Climate Icon Culture: Make the Story ‘About Greta’s Facts, Not Her Face’
The “climate icon culture” surrounding #FridaysForFuture founder Greta Thunberg has Heated publisher Emily Atkin thinking the focus for the wider climate community “should be ... -
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Suzuki and Yano: Climate Action Must Counter ‘Unequal Privilege’, Rebuild Democratic Systems
At a time when 70 to 75% of Canadians are largely disengaged from a political arena often dominated by “unproductive partisan pot shots and ... -
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Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
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‘Climate is Fast Outpacing Us’, Hitting ‘Sooner and Faster’ Than Expected, Agencies Warn UN Summit Delegates
The world’s leading international climate science agencies are predicting 2.9 to 3.4°C average global warming by 2100 based on governments’ current climate commitments, “a ... -
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McGill Law Student Wins Global Essay Contest Arguing for Future Generations’ Climate Rights
A McGill University law student earned a spot at the United Nations Youth Climate Summit this past weekend by writing the winning submission to ... -
Trump White House Ignores Climate Crisis Driving Guatemalan Exodus to U.S.
The Trump White House ignored warnings from its own acting homeland security department that poverty and food scarcity, partly driven by climate change, had ... -
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Energy Transition Plan Shows Nova Scotia Cutting Emissions 50%, Creating 15,000 Green Jobs by 2030
Supplying 90% of Nova Scotia’s electricity from renewable sources, cutting energy consumption in social housing 60%, tripling energy efficiency in the electricity sector, electrifying ... -
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OECD Numbers Show Donor Countries Falling Short on Climate Adaptation Finance
The wealthy economies whose contributions are expected to pay for climate action in developing countries are failing to fund efforts to adapt to the ... -
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Clean Cookstoves Would Save 15.81 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Clean cookstoves are ranked #21 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the ability to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 15.81 gigatons by 2050. ... -
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Extreme Weather Displaces a Record Seven Million People in First Six Months of 2019
A record seven million people were displaced from their homes by extreme weather in the first half of this year, marking 2019 as “one ...
