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Many initiatives have been undertaken worldwide to combat climate change and its effects but there is a greater need for climate justice is crucial. An often overlooked area, climate justice highlights the ethical, political and social justice issues connected to climate change and climate action. Through the work of forward-thinking individuals such as Fiji’s Lavetanalagi …
Adversity fuels one Fijian youth’s fight for climate justice Read More »
Sasha Middleton is one of 20 finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. She is the CEO of Antigua and Barbuda Marine Ecosystems Protected Area Trust Inc., one of several National Conservation Trust Funds in the Caribbean. The project’s mission is to actively fundraise and work with multi-sectoral partners to support the protection, recovery, and …
The Marine Ecosystem: A means of food security and defence against coastal erosion Read More »
Climate change is an undeniably dangerous aspect of our present and future. This shift in global weather patterns – mostly caused by human activity – is taking place rapidly. Although the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lockdowns and economic slowdown, these factors did not decrease the expediting negative impacts of climate change, according to a report …
Climate change is an undeniably dangerous aspect of our present and future. This shift in global weather patterns – mostly caused by human activity – is taking place rapidly. Although the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lockdowns and economic slowdown, these factors did not decrease the expediting negative impacts of climate change, according to a report …
Environmental scientists were given the chance to challenge delegates from the 23rd Ship of the world Youth Programme about the importance of climate change and its effects on Pacific countries. Dr Russell Howorth, Director of SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC), issued the challenge to the more than 40 international youth delegates who attended a presentation …
I know it’s a little late for 2010 “year in review” posts, but I can’t help but share this great 1Sky video. It features a bunch of kids talking about just how bad a year 2010 was for climate and the environment, from legislation to unnatural disasters like the Gulf oil spill to deaths in …
USA: Kids Remind Us What a Tough Year 2010 Was for the Climate Read More »
A group of Kenyan teenagers in the slums of Nairobi created this hip hop video about bicycling and climate change: Okay, so the rhymes might not score anyone a recording contract, but that hook is pretty nice. And, more importantly, the kids just won the “1 minute to save the world” video contest. One member …
A recent trip to Canada to observe the real life effects of climate change had a life-changing impact on Grant Duthie, a 17-year-old from the Gold Coast of Australia. With nothing but the cold wind running around me, I had plenty of time to reflect on the greatest moral challenge of our time: climate change. …
Correspondence: I’m ready to fight climate change. Are you? Read More »
If you have some money to spare, donate to a climate change fund instead of buying that T-shirt. But you don’t just need cash to help the environment, writes Mehzabin Ahmed, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi from Dhaka. “Well, I am just a theatre graduate. How can I change the world, let alone the climate?” asks my friend, …
Correspondence: Climate change and the environment – you too can contribute! Read More »
Fresh from training with former US vice-president Al Gore at the Asia Pacific Summit in Indonesia, Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, urges action on climate change. Selected from hundreds of applicants to be trained by former US Vice President Al Gore at The Climate Project – Australia Asia Pacific Summit (A-P Summit) in Jakarta, …
Correspondence: Climate change evidence is unequivocal Read More »
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