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How Movement Organizations Organized Funders

About a decade ago, as frontline-led environmental justice groups came together to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement, a group of climate justice leaders, including me, began connecting with the staff and trustees of the Chorus Foundation, which was developing its own strategy on climate funding. After discovering our shared goals […]

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Gripped by Drought, This Island is Running Out of Drinking Water

When Racha Mousdikoudine opens her kitchen faucet, she never knows what will happen. “Maybe I won’t get any water at all,” she told CNN. “Maybe I’ll get 30 minutes of water. Maybe the water will only come after hours of waiting.” For the last four months, Mousdikoudine and her two children have had little or […]

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How to Run a Climate COP, According to the Grandfather of the Paris Deal

Paris, 2015 and the warnings of climate breakdown were growing ever louder. But after decades of dithering, it was far from clear that world leaders gathering for UN climate talks in the French capital would pull together to sign what is now seen as the defining international accord to curb global warming. From the outset […]

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Climate Summit Spotlights Disconnects in Alberta Energy Policy

A provincial climate summit in Calgary last week dove deep into what it will take to decarbonize the Alberta grid by 2035, while shining a light on the provincial policy gaps that are standing in the way. In a keynote appearance, Premier Danielle Smith held fast to her belief that Alberta’s grid can’t bring its […]

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New Community Center Provides Detroit Neighborhood With a Climate Refuge

A new community center in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood is also a key part of the city’s climate strategy.  The Community Center at A. B. Ford Park is part of the first three networks of resiliency hubs on the eastside of Detroit. In case of climate emergencies like power outages, heat waves or floods, these facilities serve […]

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Climate Activists Spray-Paint Paris’s Louvre Pyramid

Environmental activists defaced the Louvre pyramid on 27 October, covering the landmark glass monument with orange paint. Protestors from the Dernière Rénovation group threw balloons at the famous glass structure while one of the demonstrators climbed up the edge of the pyramid; according to the Telegraph, a dozen people were arrested following the incident. A Louvre […]

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The Beetaloo Gas Field is a Climate Bomb. How Did CSIRO Modelling Make it Look Otherwise?

Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin. In February, a CSIRO-backed report was published, stating Beetaloo could be developed without adding to Australia’s net emissions. In […]

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Assessment of Major Banks Shows Disclosure Gaps in Finance Directed Towards Climate Solutions

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), in partnership with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, conducted a study “[t]racking progress with the TPI Net Zero Banking Assessment Framework.” As part of its assessment process, TPI used the Net Zero Baking Assessment Framework to evaluate banks’ progress in managing the low-carbon transition and mitigating the […]

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‘Climate, Environment and Health’: New Tool Ranks Lehigh Valley’s Climate Vulnerabilities

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Small communities and agencies want robust scientific data, Grace Tee Lewis said, but often don’t have the time, money or manpower to get it done, let alone include dozens of variables to create an accurate picture. So, researchers did it for them. “We wanted to have a tool that addressed the intersection […]

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COP28 President Says World Must Unite On Climate Action and Deliver in Dubai

COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed a record number of ministers and delegations from around the world at the opening session of Pre-COP, declaring that the international community needs to unite on climate action and that, “We have to come through. We must unite. We must act. And we must deliver in Dubai.” Pre-COP, […]

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