UN Climate Change Conference 2017 – Bonn, Germany
By: Birgit Thies and Katharina Funk „If you could act, but you don’t, the whole world will hold you responsible. That’s why I give my best.” – Kisilu Musya In November 2017, the climate of our planet Earth was all over in the media: The “Conference of the Parties” (COP23) took place in Bonn, […]
By: Romesh Kumar Yadav Session’s theme: How can SDGs be enforced not only in national, but also in local level as well? Objective: How cities can be made more open (in terms of access), resilient and livable? An interesting side event took place on the 13th of November at Bonn Zone (COP23, Bonn, Germany) with […]
Wondering who were the people attending the COP23 last week? Check out GCE Student Jan Christopher Fischer interviews with the delegates! #COP23 Recap
COP23 Wrap-up: After all, what truly matters and what we stand for is as basic as Love put in Action, Conviction put in practice, Justice made reality.
This year’s COP 23 sent a strong Climate Policy signal, with lots of pending actions to combat CC, to be finalized in next year’s COP24 in Poland.
Yana Balling, GCE Alumni, shares us what a “normal day” at COP23 feels like between Negotiations and Side Events.
The events of the Education Day urged us to include Climate Change in national educational curricula, for local action and youth empowerment.
Speeches by Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and Enele Sopoaga address national Climate Commitments to combat CC.
Gender Day at COP23 for inclusion and visibility of women and indigenous women in a way to a just transition to a 1.5 degree world.
The biodiverse Latinamerican region is already being impacted at the socio-economic level by Climate Change. Check out top-down strategies to combat CC.
