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Climate Crisis
We Are Running Out of Time to Use Failing Strategies Against the Climate Crisis
Author Peter Gelderloos describes the limits of governmental and market solutions and argues for bottom-up insurgency.
Naomi Klein Calls for a “True People’s Summit” in Wake of COP27 Failure
Klein urged groups to boycott the 2023 COP after this year's summit concluded without concrete action on fossil fuels.
Global South Campaigners Secure Loss and Damage Fund in COP27 Deal
The fund would benefit countries in the Global South that are most vulnerable to climate disaster.
Russia’s Uranium Sales Help Fund Ukraine War, Exiled Environmentalist Says
If the U.S. and Europe continue to pay Putin, that means more people will die in Ukraine, says Vladimir Slivyak.
Greenwashing Governments and Oil Companies Turned COP27 Into a Climate Disaster
In the end, COP27 looked more like a fossil fuel industry trade show than a climate summit.
False Corporate Solutions at COP27 Further Entrench Capitalism and Colonialism
COP27 sidelines human rights to advance false corporate solutions, says Indigenous Climate Action’s Eriel Deranger.
90 Percent of US Counties Have Experienced a Climate Disaster in Past Decade
These climate-fueled events have caused more than $740 billion in damages, according to a new report.
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Gather at COP27 as Climate Crisis Devastates Africa
The summit is now a “sales and marketing conference for more pollution,” says Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate.
Groups Protest Against Repression and Climate Inaction at COP27 Summit in Egypt
Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey says African delegates to the UN summit feel largely excluded.
Ukraine War Is Driving “a Gold Rush to New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure”
The Ukraine war has also had direct effects on climate change that will continue even after the fighting ends.