by Becca Edwards | Dec 3, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
At COP28 Sunday morning, former Vice President Al Gore told us about a new scientific tool, Climate TRACE, which promises to improve the way we measure and understand greenhouse gas emissions around the world. This means a better understanding of the source of GHG...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 2, 2023 | Blog, Climate Justice, COP28, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
The Global Stock Take (GST) is the process called for in the 2015 Paris Agreement in which each party assesses the progress it has made toward its emissions reduction and adaptation goals. The first GST is happening this year at COP28. The preliminary report of the...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 1, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Creation Care, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
For a system as complex as the earth’s climate, small changes in one part of the system can lead to big changes in another part. That means the relationship between the global temperature and the climate change impacts we know about isn’t linear. And that means that...
by Bee Moorhead | Nov 30, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Global Climate Policy, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Spotlight, TXIPL Website
The first day of COP28 started with an historic decision to establish a Loss and Damage Fund to help countries address the irreparable impacts of ongoing climate change on tangible and intangible assets. Loss and Damage negotiations have been ongoing since COP27 in...
by Becca Edwards | Nov 30, 2023 | Blog, Climate Justice, COP28, Creation Care, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
Tonight I attended the Interfaith Gathering in the Spirit of Talanoa Dialogue at COP28, which was held at Christ Church Jebel Ali in Dubai, UAE. Talanoa is a problem solving method that involves group discussions around three questions: Where are we? Where do we want...
by Bee Moorhead | Nov 24, 2023 | Climate Justice, COP28, Latest Posts, Spotlight, TXIPL Website
Bee, Becca, and Bobby are at the United Nations climate negotiations, COP28, November 30-December 12 in Dubai, UAE. As usual, Texas Impact ispartnering with our colleagues from Interfaith Power & Light and many other faith groups to bring you news, updates, and...
