In July, the people that control the budgets of the world’s 20 richest countries – Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors – will meet to discuss how they will spend public money. In the midst of a global health pandemic, where people have lost so much, will they opt for a ‘business as usual recovery’ and bail out industries that drive climate crisis and inequality – or … [Read more...]
Pacific Pawa Shift builds momentum to UN SG’s Climate Action Summit
63 Pacific Climate Warriors (PCWs) from 17 teams across the Pacific gathered in Nadi, to develop strategies to further strengthen the work of climate activists less than a week after the Pacific Island States declared a climate crisis at the Pacific Islands Development Forum Leaders’ Summit. The gathering of the PCWs aptly called the Pacific Pawa Shift 2019, aims to … [Read more...]
Global climate strike: if a kid says help, you help
One year ago, Greta Thunberg began her “school strike for the climate’’. Her argument was that if the world’s adults weren’t willing to prepare the planet for her generation, they had no right to demand that her generation spend their youth preparing for the future. Kids across the planet saw the logic. Since then the biggest days of youth-led action have seen 1.4 million … [Read more...]
Only 12 years to avert 2 degrees of global warming
Only half a degree warmer would result in double the severity of the consequences to this planet. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released on 8th October. It focuses on the differences between a 1.5- and 2-degree global warming future climate scenario. The main points of the report, based on 6000 scientific papers and approved by all … [Read more...]
It’s time to break free from fossil fuels
There has never been a better time to break free from fossil fuels. Record-breaking global temperatures, plummeting fossil-fuel prices, historic investments in renewable energy, and global pressure to honour climate pledges are all coming together to create the ideal setting for this world-changing shift. The shift could not be more urgent. The United Nations climate … [Read more...]
Ordinary people mobilising to disrupt the fossil fuel industry
The business of unearthing coal, oil, and gas reserves to power the world is a multi trillion-dollar industry. But scientists say that in order to avoid catastrophic consequences, at least two-thirds of these reserves need to remain underground to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. Ordinary people are joining forces to create a global grass-roots movement, geared … [Read more...]
Join the Global Climate March chorus
The weekend before the biggest UN climate conference of the decade in Paris, the world will stand together in a weekend of global action at the People's Climate March. This is to send a powerful message to governments meeting in Paris: keep fossil fuels in the ground and finance a just transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. Last year, the People's Climate March saw … [Read more...]
Suffering Africa to divest from fossil fuels
Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben and the climate movement 350.org, recent recipients of the Right Livelihood Award, (otherwise known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize),” have sounded the call for a large-scale and global divestment from fossil fuel companies, especially in Africa. Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It has been estimated by Greenpeace … [Read more...]
Help us connect the dots
Across the planet now we see ever more flood, ever more drought, ever more storms. People are dying, communities are being wrecked — the impacts we’re already witnessing from climate change are unlike anything we have seen before. But because the globe is so big, it’s hard for most people to see that it’s all connected. That’s why, on May 5, we will Connect the Dots. In … [Read more...]
Siyabona Youth demand water improvements
Bike mechanics in Auckland New Zealand went through the city offering free bicycle repair. Boy Scouts in Mexico installed energy efficieent light bulbs in cities. Robben Island started to go solar. Cyclists took to the streets in Durban and joined in a clean-up of the Mgeni river. These were but a few of the actions for earth that took place in more than 7000 places in … [Read more...]
Let’s rewire south africa
The South African government is in the process of deciding our electricity future for the next 20 years, and its heading in the wrong direction. Instead of ensuring just, sustainable energy to every person in South Africa, President Zuma and the Department of Energy are taking cues from the biggest polluters. We can do better Let's let President Zuma and his ministers know … [Read more...]
Time to move the planet before it’s too late
We knew Moving Planet would move - we just didn't know how fast. It feels like it's going 82.8 miles per hour (which happens to be the fastest speed ever recorded on a bicycle). In the week since we launched this global day of action, we've already heard from hundreds of organizers in every corner of the planet who are making plans for September 24. Wherever you happen to … [Read more...]
All aboard to stop the crash course
"Progress has been made"- this is not something you hear often when it comes to climate negotiations. The agreements that came out of Cancun won't be enough to get the world back to 350 - but they offer a glimpse at a path forward that just might. The feeling of momentum emerging from Cancun was refreshing: countries rebuilt trust, and wrestled with difficult issues like … [Read more...]
