by Bee Moorhead | Nov 13, 2022 | Civic Engagement, Climate Justice, COP27, Global Climate Policy, Human Rights, Religious Freedom
While representatives of national governments are parsing diplomatic language in meeting rooms at the climate negotiations, outside the rooms advocates from “civil society” use every strategy they can think of to advance their issues and get negotiators’ attention....
by Bobby Watson | Nov 10, 2022 | Climate Justice, COP27, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Global Climate Policy, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
With another day at COP done, I can feel myself orienting to the space and rhythm of the conference. Don’t get me wrong, COP is still chaotic and overwhelming, however, knowing where all of the bathrooms and coffee stops are really improves morale. I’ve arrived back...
by Bee Moorhead | Nov 9, 2022 | Climate Justice, COP27, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Global Climate Policy
Today at COP was a study in contrast between international policy negotiation and the implementation work of local communities. The US is squarely in the middle of both conversations, a fact US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry highlighted in his morning talk at the...
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...
