by Bobby Watson | Nov 7, 2022 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
After days of preliminary meetings and logistics, this Monday we finally started our dive into the Blue Zone (the designated section of COP for meetings and events). Needless to say, it was a lot. There are dozens of rooms with different delegations, debriefings and...
by Bobby Watson | Nov 7, 2022 | Climate Justice, COP27, Global Climate Policy, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
After over 48 hours of plane, cars and so much sitting in airports, I finally arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt early Saturday morning, greasy, sleep deprived and ready to be thrown into the hectic world that is COP27. Though climate policy has...
by Bee Moorhead | Nov 6, 2022 | Blog, Climate Justice, COP27, Global Climate Policy
We arrived in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for this year’s United Nations climate negotiations after two days of travel, and we were immediately in the midst of global community: friends from around the world, diplomats and policy experts, and the people of the local...
by Isa Peterson | Aug 11, 2022 | Global Climate Policy
The evenly divided U.S. Senate passed a historic $740 billion reconciliation bill—the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—packed with clean energy investments, health care reform, and tax incentives. Despite Republican efforts to stifle its passage, Democrats prevailed,...
by Isa Peterson | Aug 1, 2022 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
The reauthorization of the omnibus Farm Bill can reduce food insecurity, benefit the environment, and increase agricultural equity across the country. For nearly a century, this piece of legislation has evolved to meet the needs of farmers and consumers from farm to...
by Isa Peterson | Jul 19, 2022 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts
Despite the setback to climate legislation resulting from W.Va. Senator Joe Manchin’s intransigence, there’s still hope for climate action through the executive branch. After hearing of Sen. Manchin’s decision, President Biden promised to take “strong...
