by Becca Edwards | Jan 11, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
What does the electromagnetic spectrum have to do with the Gospel? What does the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have to do with liberation theology? What does international climate finance have to do with the Greatest Commandment? At first glance it seems like physics,...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 14, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
After an earlier draft of the Stocktake text drew criticism from climate advocates, leaders of small island states, and others, negotiators went back to the drawing board, delaying the official end of COP28. After about twenty-four hours of tense negotiations, another...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 12, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Latest Posts
The release of the most recent Stocktake draft at COP28 on December 11, 2023 brought immediate pushback and protest from climate advocates and scientists and in one case, a twelve year old climate activist from India who stormed the stage during a plenary to call for...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 9, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
In a twist pulled from the plot of a dystopian movie, news broke that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, known as OPEC, had distributed a letter instructing its member states to vote against any attempt to limit the production and use of fossil fuels...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 5, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Latest Posts, Spotlight
There have been two big announcements about methane during COP28 in Dubai, UAE (see here for a detailed explanation of the climate impacts of methane emissions). First, a coalition of oil and gas producers announced at COP28 a pledge to stop methane leaks from...
