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Why peatlands matter in the battle against climate change
Why peatlands matter in the battle against climate change
Living peatlands sequester carbon-dioxide, drawing it down from the atmosphere through plants and trapping it underground as carbon
Living peatlands sequester carbon-dioxide, drawing it down from the atmosphere through plants and trapping it underground as carbon
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June 4th
June 4th
Tessa Khan is a climate change and human rights lawyer and part of the Urgenda Foundation. In 2015, Urgenda won a historic Climate Case it had filed against the Dutch Government, forcing the Dutch State to take more measures against climate change. In her talk, Tessa lays out the role of national governments in the climate crisis, and the work of Urgenda and others in holding these governments accountable for their policies. Tessa ends by urging us to take our own action to achieve lasting political impact, by scrutinising governments and mobilising our voices to make climate change an issue that governments can no longer ignore. @tessakhan Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer and is currently Co-Director of the Climate Litigation Network. She has spent most of the last decade working at the intersection of human rights and sustainable development policy. She has supported grassroots, regional and international human rights movements; advised governments on their human rights obligations; and supported litigation in regional and national fora. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Eco Eye is a programme on RTE that keep us all up to date with issues that have to with protecting our biodiversity and with climate action. To catch up with some of the episodes you can catch them here
Mary Robinson reflects on the events of the past year and looks forward to the Elders' priorities for 2019: climate change and nuclear proliferation.
Mary Robinson reflects on the events of the past year and looks forward to the Elders' priorities for 2019: climate change and nuclear proliferation.
The new year is a time for reflections and resolutions, and a moment to recommit ourselves to the causes we hold dear.
As Chair of The Elders, I am proud of everything our group has achieved over the last twelve months, from politically-sensitive missions to the Middle East and Zimbabwe in the cause of political dialogue and conflict resolution, to the celebrations for our founder Nelson Mandela’s centenary in South Africa in July 2018. More here
June 4th Irish embassy in Colombia urged to support coal activists
June 4th Irish embassy in Colombia urged to support coal activists
An Irish civil society coalition has called on the new Irish embassy in Bogota to intervene to protect communities and activists in a coal mining region in the north of Colombia.
In a letter sent to the embassy last week, the Stop Blood Coal Alliance said that it is “extremely worried” about the safety of communities in La Guajira, in particular, their leaders who have received death threats in recent weeks. More here
June 4th 2019 Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis – study
June 4th 2019 Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis – study
People across Europe will need to work drastically fewer hours to avoid disastrous climate heating unless there is a radical decarbonising of the economy, according to a study.
The research, from thinktank Autonomy, shows workers in the UK would need to move to nine-hour weeks to keep the country on track to avoid more than 2C of heating at current carbon intensity levels. Similar reductions were found to be necessary in Sweden and Germany. More here
We’re stepping up – join us for a day to halt this climate crisis
We’re stepping up – join us for a day to halt this climate crisis
On 20 September, at the request of the young people who have been staging school strikes around the world, we’re walking out of our workplaces and homes to spend the day demanding action on the climate crisis, the greatest existential threat that all of us face. It’s a one-day climate strike, if you will – and it will not be the last. This is going to be the beginning of a week of action all over the world. And we hope to make it a turning point in history. More here
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