by Bee Moorhead | Dec 6, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy
Americans are used to hearing that the United States is a climate delinquent. Since President Trump has initiated the process of withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement, Americans can be forgiven for asking why there is a US delegation at the Madrid climate...
by Joe Czap | Dec 5, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Welcome to Madrid Spain and COP25. Today is the fourth day and the theme for today is Young and Future Generations Day. Robin began her day at the United Kingdom Pavilion for a session on “Introducing the Climate Heritage Network and Madrid to Glasgow Arts, Culture,...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 5, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Today was Young and Future Generations Day at COP25 and the youth climate leaders were out in full force. There were plenty of side events led by youth leaders, an award ceremony for the Global Youth Video Competition, and even an orchestra where the youth played...
by Joe Czap | Dec 4, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Today we had the joy of participating in a small group from the faith community with George Marshall on the topic, “Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change,” his most recent book. George is a British environmental campaigner,...
by Joe Czap | Dec 4, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Day 2 at COP25 began with a plenary session giving an overview of the theme of the day – EarthDay. This was a session very heavily influenced by scientific data. The first part was a presentation of the State of the Earth from the World Meteorological Organization. ...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 3, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy
At COP, there are enough official activities and side events to fill someone’s schedule at least five times over, and that doesn’t include all the time it takes to walk around the venue getting from event to event, running to the bathroom, grabbing a bite to eat. So...
