Climate Equity

Make way, wonks -- the rest of us are coming to the table

Climate change is a poverty issue 20
Posted 2 months ago
Why does an anti-poverty activist care about carbon emissions? Because climate change is an economic-justice issue. Regardless of how our government ultimately decides to handle climate change policy, poor people will be affected. They can be included in the new clean energy economy or they can be further pushed out in the cold.
Better study up on federal climate policy.

Cap-and-trade primer goes to Washington (DC) 0
Posted 5 months ago
We all know that the devil's in the details when it comes to legislation, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a.k.a. Waxman-Markey, is no exception.
Letter from Europe

Nicholas Stern’s heresy: conceding the West’s climate burden 2
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Breaking ranks with the West's climate talking points, Lord Nicholas Stern says the world's rich nations should shoulder some of the costs of cutting emissions in the rapidly developing world (i.e. China and India).
The Pitch

Think of the children, or think of your ski trip: Two ways to tell the climate story 5
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s going to prompt the average American, or the average citizen in the developed world, to demand action on climate change? Is it the appeal to morality -- "millions will die and be displaced unless we act"? Or is it appeals to self-interest -- "your favorite ski resorts may be snowless very soon"?
Three Degrees of Speculation

Can human rights be the climate movement’s moral guide? 7
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Arguments that climate is, more than anything, a rights issues, from speakers at the Three Degrees conference in Seattle.
"Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century"

New Lancet report on health and social effects of climate change 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
A major new report details the complex web of social and health problems climate change will produce in the 21st century.
Save us from our emissions

New religious coalition seeks climate ‘redemption’ via carbon plan 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
"As our seas rise, crops wither, and rivers run dry, God’s creation cries out for relief," evangelical leader Joel Hunter says in a blitz of new radio ads intended to raise support for a climate bill.
weaving the long black veil

Climate justice and coal’s funeral procession 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Joshua Kahn Russell, the grassroots actions manager at Rainforest Action Network and a lead organizer of March's Capitol Climate Action in Washington, DC, has written a great assessment of the climate justice movement and its emerging goals.
Evo's Crusade

Bolivia’s leader pushes rich nations for climate adaptation funds 1
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Evo Morales, the one-time coca farmer and llama herder who rose to become Bolivia's president, is now wading into the ring of global climate negotiations to embark on his grandest crusade to date.
Youth advocate for equitable international response to climate change in Poznan 2
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Reflections on the Governors’ Climate Summit 1
Posted 12 months ago
It’s time to build the green-collar economy 2
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Rights of humans, rights of nature 12
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago
Grist talks to Niger Innis about the ‘war on the poor’ 4
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago
Gore and Edwards, not sitting in a tree 0
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago
Groups urge action as report finds black Americans are more likely to suffer in changing climate 1
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago
Economics, policy, and vision for fighting global warming 12
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Four short films explore how climate change affects women worldwide 0
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
David Miliband talks about democracy and the climate crisis 1
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago
Coming to terms with the reality of a world of refugees 12
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago