Insight / Climate Justice / Emergency Response
December 19, 2018
By Kelly
The latest round of UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland, closed last Saturday, and it’s worth taking a moment to think about what was really needed from these talks to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change. These talks were meant to mark two important…
Insight / Climate Justice
December 4, 2018
By Kelly
The UN climate talks, held this year in Katowice, Poland, have officially kicked off. The first two days of the conference, known as COP 24, were filled with opening speeches from heads of government and informal discussions, but Tuesday is when the real work begins. Once again I am here…
Insight / Climate Justice / Land Rights / Politics & Economics / Right to Food and Agriculture
October 19, 2018
By Kelly
Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report on the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The report looked at the impact we’re likely to see at 1.5°C, what the differences are between 1.5°C and 2°C, and different pathways to reach that goal. The…
Insight / Emergency Response
September 19, 2018
By Kelly
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the Trump administration is once again reducing the number of refugees the U.S. will accept in the coming year, from 45,000 to only 30,000 people. This is the lowest “ceiling” for refugee admittances in four decades and would be shameful at…
Insight / Climate Justice
September 6, 2018
By Kelly
The self-imposed deadline for governments to finish writing the Paris Agreement “rulebook” is getting closer. In 2016, governments gave themselves until the COP 24 negotiations this coming December to draft the implementation details for the Paris Agreement, or the Paris Rulebook. Essentially, this is the fine print of the Paris…
Insight / Climate Justice
When the Paris Agreement was accepted four years ago, climate justice advocates rejoiced that it included the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5°C. This goal has only become more urgent as we learn more about the impacts of warming at 1°C, which is where we are now, and…
Insight / Climate Justice
Today, Mike Pompeo faces his hearing for Secretary of State. Here are five reasons we think he’s unfit for this role: 1. He’s a climate change denier who has worked to undermine international climate efforts before. It’s hard to believe that his replacement might be worse for the climate than…
Insight / Climate Justice / Politics & Economics
February 28, 2018
By Kelly
Water. Human rights. Land. Agriculture. Climate change. Biodiversity. Food security. The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which mandates a certain level of biofuel usage, impacts all of these issues, and without bringing together a similarly diverse group of stakeholders, no real reform is possible. Article after article has been published in…
Insight / Climate Justice
January 31, 2018
By Kelly
It wasn’t a surprise that climate change didn’t get a mention in the State of the Union last night, even though Trump talked about natural disasters which are growing more frequent and being worsened by climate change. The Trump administration has been systematically attacking U.S. climate and environmental policies that…
Insight / Climate Justice / Emergency Response
October 10, 2017
By Kelly
Today, Scott Pruitt and the Trump Administration released their proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP), a key Obama era climate policy. With some states continuing to push forward with climate action and growing numbers of activists calling for ambitious steps, climate action is far from dead in the…