Solutions
COP15 in retrospect, and our common future
Wow. What an insane couple of weeks. What was supposed to go into history books as a unique opportunity to tackle dangerous climate change, has resulted in a ‘half-baked text’ of 3 pages – the result of 2 years of preparation and 300 pages negotiating text, and a last-minute non-democratic process between a hand-full... »
Invitation to Participate: WSC-SD Official COP15 Side Event
About our Event The Bella Center may be closed, but that isn’t stopping us from hosting our UN-approved side event! Tomorrow, 18 December from 10:00-11:30am, the World Student Community for Sustainable Development will be hosting a side event in the “Meeting Room” at the Forum Conference Center (the location where the government of Denmark... »
Science in the news (Education for a better climate, Part II)
Education of citizens about climate change and the environment is vital for addressing our climate change conundrum, both for their political pulling power and personal practices which impact our environment. As in my previous entry, UNESCO has offered attention to this task, in addition to the many existent more localized programs in environmental education... »
Energy firms do not respond to government climate change policy
A survey about the energy mix and responsiveness of 200 firms (so far) in the energy industry across 7 countries was conducted, and its results were presented in a side event last week. It studied how climate policy influenced energy companies and revealed a reactive approach from the industry. »
60-100,000 March Through Copenhagen in Support of Action Against Climate Change
On Saturday, between 60-100,000 supporters marched through Copenhagen as part of the largest demonstration during the two week COP15. It followed a series of marches around the world calling for action on Climate Change. »
Agriculture Policy – Beyond Mitigation and Adaption
Agriculture and food security has become one of the most central topics at COP15. The discussion must not only cover the relationship between climate change and agriculture methods, but also consider food security and the livelihoods of farmers, transportation and storage systems, and much more. »
Re:solutions – 21 young leaders on climate change
The WSC-SD today launches its e-book ‘RE:SOLUTIONS – 21 Young Leaders on Climate Change’ during the Copenhagen Climate Summit. The book showcases a selection of most innovative projects carried out by students worldwide. The projects share the common characteristic that they have a real positive impact on tackling climate change, and they show... »
Should we focus away from the negotiations and the negativity?
Our Invitation To You from IDEO on Vimeo. This video expresses in a very powerful way what G-1 Billion is about. Produce by globally recognised US design firm IDEO, this is a campaign film for their website www.livingclimatechange.com I will let the video speak for itself. But I won’t let you, our reader, get... »
Climate Collaboratorium
Global climate change is perhaps the most pressing and important problem currently facing humanity. It is also unique by virtue of being a truly systemic problem of vast complexity: it affects every one of us, and is directly affected by every one of our actions. Like nothing else, dealing with climate change calls upon... »
We only have months, not years, to save civilisation from climate change
International agreements take too long, we need a swift mobilisation not seen since the second world war For those concerned about global warming, all eyes are on December’s UN climate change conference in Copenhagen. The stakes could not be higher. Almost every new report shows that the climate is changing even faster than the... »
WSC-SD at COP15
- Copenhagen, and After
- COP15 in retrospect, and our common future
- COP15 through an architect’s eye
- COP15. I am poor, young and ambitious.
- Not Done Yet
- Invitation to Participate: WSC-SD Official COP15 Side Event
- Science in the news (Education for a better climate, Part II)
- Students Come Together at the University of Copenhagen
- Education for a better climate
- Access Denied: UN Restrictions Grow