Leading countries blocked from speaking at UN climate summit

Leading economies such as Japan and Australia will not be invited to speak at next week’s crunch UN climate change summit, as their continued support for coal clashes with the demands of the organisation’s secretary-general as he sounds the alarm on climate change.

António Guterres, UN secretary-general, has demanded
that countries attending the summit commit to net
zero emissions by 2050. 

Coal has emerged as a key issue ahead of Monday’s meeting in New York, where 63 countries are expected to speak, according to a draft schedule seen by the Financial Times.

In letters and conversations with heads of state, António Guterres, UN secretary-general, has demanded that countries attending the summit stop building new coal power stations, reduce fossil fuel subsidies, and commit to net zero emissions by 2050 — demands that have not gone down well in all quarters.

Read the story from the Financial Times by Leslie Hook - “Leading countries blocked from speaking at UN climate summit.” 

Reframing Agriculture In The Climate Change Discussion

# Published in November 2016

Alice Cunningham.

When it comes to climate change, the problem and the solution may be one and the same.

This week in Marrakesh, government leaders will meet for the last leg of the UN Climate Change Summit (COP 22) and it is clear we are at a critical moment in our history. Man-made changes to the climate threaten humanity’s security on Earth.

Though we are taking steps globally to reduce emissions from industry, transportation and heat production, another source accounts for 24 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the EPA.

That problem is farming.

Read The Huffington Post blog - “Reframing Agriculture In The Climate Change Discussion.”