Coal Smoke and Planetary Fever
As the climate changes, a deadly disease is on the rise.
The Next Marx
The financial crisis and the Occupy movement have challenged Left-Right distinctions and prompted calls for an entirely new economic order.
Climate Insurance
With climate change making extreme weather the new normal, it’s prudent to do everything we can to protect our food supply.
A Recipe for Climate Action
Just a pinch of fear can go a long way.
What I’m Giving Up in 2012
Big money makes writing about climate change action and gun control a lost cause.
Climate Change Disaster Has Struck
Extreme weather is now commonplace, thanks to global warming.
Durban’s Climate Debacle
What we got from Durban was largely a set of promises to do something…some other time.
We’re Not Even Paving a Road to Nowhere
Our highways and bridges are decaying.
Durban Diary: The Waiting Game
As the doors on government meetings swing shut, Janet ponders whether our future will be one of ecological stability or planetary chaos.
Durban Diary: Climate Reality Check
What we need in Durban is a commitment to complete the mandate that already exists. Countries must deliver a renewed Kyoto Protocol, and effective Green Climate Fund, and substantial money to fill it.
Fiddling on Climate
At Durban, international negotiators are fiddling while the world burns.
[VIDEO] What Happened to the Urgency about Climate Change?
This edition of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change lacks the sense of urgency that was visible on years past. On this interview with the Real News Network, we discuss the repercussions of turning away from the future of our planet.
Key Countries, Organizations Call For Innovative Sources of Finance
At a press conference in Durban, South Africa, officials from a diverse set of countries will join civil society leaders to call for innovative sources of finance, including a tax on financial transactions and a fee on emissions from maritime shipping, to be part of a deal in Durban which raises billions of dollars to help fill the Green Climate Fund.
Durban Diary: Dispatch from the Ground
As UN climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, go into their final week, Janet Redman, co-director of IPS’s Sustainable Energy & Economy Network, provides a quick update on the talks.
Durban Diary: Who is the One Percent at the UN Climate Convention?
Not yet ready to condemn the UN climate change summit, Janet lists the culprits in the corporate, government and diplomatic world who are to blame for the struggle to move forward.