The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?
Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.
We live nextdoor to my partner’s grandmother, Maria, who was born during the Second World War in Northern Italy. This means that she knows what hard times look like. Maria could not believe we would be using washable diapers for our baby boy. With genuine surprise she asked me, “why?”, and then she was curious in which pot we were planning to boil the diapers. In her eyes, we could not possibly...
From our project "Degrowth in Movement(s)" The multiple crises that humanity is facing are becoming increasingly visible: in the form of disasters related to ecological damage, the stark inequalities between a tiny minority of ultra-rich and the vast numbers of desperately poor, the health epidemics related to both deprivation and affluence, mass refugee migrations in many parts of the world, ...
Wir freuen uns bekanntzugeben, dass die Frist zum Einreichen wissenschaftlicher "short papers" nochmals bis zum 14. März verlängert wurde. Bis jetzt haben wir 250 wissenschaftliche Beitragsvorschläge und weitere 250 von zivilgesellschaftlichen und praktischen Akteur_innen erhalten. Darüber hinaus wurden 30 Impulspapiere für die Arbeitsgruppen des Group Assembly Process (GAP) eingesandt. Obwohl ...