The realities of climate change in Latin America

As negotiators meet in Lima, Peru for the United Nations climate talks, we take a look at the climate impacts already causing dire consequences throughout the region alongside projected ones mentioned in the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). With 2014 on track to be the world’s hottest on record, it... (More...)

Interesting Transitions at 350.org.

We just sent out this email to our friends around the world. Not on our email list yet? Sign up here to receive crucial updates from the climate movement.  Dear friends, My wife Sue and I are in Sweden this week—the Swedish Parliament is honoring me (which really means all of you) with the Right Livelihood Award,... (More...)

He’s taken a vow of silence for the climate… and he’s just 11 years old.

As part of the Earth Guardians group, Itzcuauthtli has been talking and singing about climate change since he was six years old. In his short life, he’s done everything he can to try to make change… and it hasn’t gotten us where we need to go. So now he’s taking a vow of silence until... (More...)

“Why I was arrested standing up to the fossil fuel industry”

IPCC Expert Contributor, Professor Colin Butler arrested today as part of the Leard Blockade in Australia. The blockade is part of the fight to stop the Maules Creek coal mine, which would open up one of the largest reserves of  coal in the world. To prevent this mine from causing even more climate chaos, people from across Australia... (More...)