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World Resources Institute: 3 Issues to Watch at the COP24 Climate Summit

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Guest Contributor | 0 Comments

by David Waskow, Joe Thwaites and Yamide Dagnet, courtesy of the World Resources Institute Next month’s UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland (COP24) is seen by many as the most important climate negotiation since 2015, when 196 countries created a vision for a zero-carbon future by adopting the landmark Paris Agreement. This year’s summit is the critical juncture for countries to agree on the rules…

Path to New Climate Economy Leads to $26 Trillion in Economic Benefits

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The potential rewards of making the transition to sustainable, circular economies are greater than originally estimated – including $26 trillion worth of economic benefits globally out to 2030. We’re at a critical juncture regarding the forging a new, climate-conscious economy and avoiding the profound impacts of runaway global climate warming, however, according to the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

How Communities Living in Poverty Can Benefit From Renewable Energy

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Bobbi Peterson | 0 Comments

Impoverished communities around the globe lack access to essential amenities including heat, electricity and clean drinking water. Residents of rural communities are also in a similar situation. Electric companies have little incentive to add additional infrastructure to the electrical grid to provide these areas with electricity since it isn’t economical. Instead, residents are forced to use kerosene, diesel, candles and…

Is There a Link between Renewable Energy and Clean Drinking Water?

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Bobbi Peterson | 0 Comments

Despite the advanced age we live in, one in every 10 people doesn’t have access to clean water. That adds up to more than 800 million people worldwide. Billions of people are forced to draw their drinking water from contaminated sources, and the impact has been truly disastrous. Most countries in Central Asia, South America, Africa and Eastern Europe have…

Standing Rock Sioux shift from protest to calls for divestment

Standing Rock Sioux Move From Protesting To Calling For Divestment

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

A strategy of protest Protests at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) occurred in 2016, catching the attention of environmentalists and the news media. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,168 miles mile pipeline that will carry crude oil from the Bakken oil fields from North Dakota to southern Illinois. It would…

Climate Refugees, the Paris Agreement, and the Delusion of Isolation

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic Be it from social unrest, economic upheaval, or environmental collapse, forced human migration is at unprecedented levels. According to the UNHCR, there are more than 65 million displaced people in the world today. Of those, more than 22 million are forced refugees. Over half are under 18 years old. Nearly 20…

World Religious, Indigenous Leaders Join in Launch of Global Initiative to End Deforestation

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Religious and indigenous leaders from around the world gathered in Oslo, Norway June 19-21 to draw international attention to the growing threats and costs posed by ongoing tropical rainforest deforestation and take initial steps to stem the tide. Buddhist, Christian, Daoist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim leaders were joined by His Majesty King Harald V of Norway in launching the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative, which was deemed an “unprecedented initiative” to end deforestation and protect our world’s tropical rain forests.