Texas Climate & Energy
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Texas is the largest energy-producing and energy-consuming state in the nation. Texas produces more electricity than any other state, generating almost twice as much as Florida, the second-highest electricity-producing state. Thus, Texas has a disproportionate impact on the ability of the U.S. and the global community to mitigate climate change. Texas also can be an energy justice leader, ensuring that energy production doesn’t harm vulnerable communities, and energy is available even to the marginalized.

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Using the Public Utility Commission of Texas Sunset Review to Safeguard Texans’ Health and Wellbeing
The upcoming 2022-2023 Sunset review of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, offers a unique opportunity for Texas lawmakers to advance public health in the Lone Star State.
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Gender-Focused Solutions to Climate Change – Securing gender-equal land tenure rights
Across the globe, women have disproportionately fewer rights and access to land and property. Nonetheless, in some areas such as in Sub-Saharan Africa, women make up for most of the agricultural labor force . This discrepancy poses difficult challenges not only for...

Call to Action: Climate Science for Policy
This afternoon I attended a side event panel discussion entitled “Climate Science for Policy.” This panel discussed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chance (IPCC) Special report, World Meteorological Organization(WMO) statement on the state of the global...

Debunking Myths About the Energy Transition
“A transition to green energy would cost thousands of jobs. It’d be expensive. It just doesn’t make sense.” It’s a narrative that’s been pushed for decades; it’s the last stand of those still opposed to phasing out high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions industries like...

Just Transition: Can It Be Done?
One of the biggest themes of COP 24 is a commitment to Just Transition, the ideology that as we transition to clean and renewable energy, we do so in a manner that does not further disenfranchise those who are already vulnerable. Indigenous people, people of color,...

Enhanced Transparency and Capacity Building
Today, I attended a side event entitled “Paris Agreement Rule-book: Actions, Actors, and Capacity Building for Enhanced Transparency.” The panel discussed the importance of enhanced transparency as part of implementing the Paris Agreement. Currently, the most...

Bracing for the Storm: An Integrated Approach to Water-Related Disaster Preparation
Water: the most precious and most endangered resource Earth has to offer. It was at the center of an event titled “Shocks and Stressors: Water’s Essential Role in Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Risk,” a discussion led by water-related climate experts from...

Mexicana Patricia Espinosa nos llama a poner el “cambio climático en el centro de la atención internacional”
“Qué es lo que nos falta para dar una respuesta contundente y eficaz a la crisis climática? Lo que necesitamos es sin duda audacia, creatividad, acción colectiva y una mayor ambición.” - Patricia Espinosa “What are we missing to have a convincing and efficient...
The People’s Voice at COP 24
The opening plenary of COP 24 saw many important figures speak, from the President of the United Nations’ General Assembly to the President of Poland. A variety of messages in English, Polish, and Spanish were spoken to the delegates from the 193 countries who are a part of the United Nations, participants and observers from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), as well as media representatives from all over the world. But COP 24 added a new voice to the plenary floor; the Voice of the People.

Putting Women at the Center of Climate-Adaptive Technology
This afternoon, I had the privilege of attending a side event titled, “Climate Friendly Technologies: Improving Adaptive Capacity of Women and Building Resilience.” The discussion revolved around ways in which technological advances can empower women in developing...

The Jemez Democratic Principles and COP24 Accountability & Participatory Approaches (#keepingitreal)
Over the years, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change led by the Conference of the Parties (COP) has had an increasing interest in bringing to the table the voices and visions of those who are the most affected by climate change. This participatory...