The disappointing results of the Conference on Climate Change in Madrid
Though one of the most frequent expression used in the world in 2019 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “climate emergency” has not resounded enough in the rooms of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Madrid (COP25).
We’re not ready to organize a plastic-free COP
Different environmental organizations report in their campaigns the pollution of the oceans and, at the same time, place plastic waste as one of the main problems of the present.
Youth for Climate: People are the solution!
“Maybe one day I will be able to tell my grandchild: this is what I was fighting for when I was your age!”, this is the hope of Elizabeth Gulugulu talking about climate change.
Gonzalo Muñoz, a mobilizer for climate action
Gonzalo Muñoz is Ashoka fellow and was nominated by the Chilean presidency as High Level Climate Champion for COP25, role from which he is mobilizing climate action in non-state actors all around the world.
The Cumbre Social for the Climate presents the “Climate Manifesto”
In concomitance with the COP25 of Madrid, the “Cumbre Social por el Clima” (Social Climate Summit) is being celebrated from the 6th to the 13th of December 2019. This event has been organized by social organisations and indigenous communities: a space that breaks away from the institutional one to discuss about the climate.
Energy efficiency of buildings: few investments
Numbers always represent for science something well defined and quantifiable.
Nations square off on loss and damage at COP25
The issue of loss and damage has turned into one of the most contentious topics at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid. The chief international framework that addresses this important subject, the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM), is up for a second review. Developing nations are locked in a heated debate with developed nations regarding loss and damage finance and other issues.
The ambition of cities to combat climate change
In the second week of the COP25, at the European Pavilion, international, national, and local authorities have gathered during the side-event “Global Covenant of Mayors Day”.
Activists speak out about environmental crimes in Brazil
On December 11th, during the COP25 in Madrid (Spain), the delegation of Engajamundo carried out an activism action denouncing the environmental crimes and indigenous water-related genocide taking place in Brazil.
“We must position ourselves on the right side of the story and not just be a spectator”
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