Ethical Dimensions

Interview with Rabbi Yonathan Neril about the role of religions in the climate conference.

Raman Mehta from the Vasuda Foundation on the irreconcilable differences between the negotiator and minister level at the IPCC. Developed countries mitigation objectives and developing countries adaptation goals don’t reconcile. The USA and China are the biggest emitters and need to commit to substantially higher mitigation levels.

COP 21 PARIS. Priscilla Jakwa, Exec. Dir. of Woman Environmental Program, Nigeria interview on gender inequalities especially in relationship to participation in COP climate negotiations. Climate change decisions by leaders must include the interests of woman and children, as they represent more than half the world’s population. Woman want to ...

In the early 1970s human-induced climate change was still a matter for the academy. A link between climate change and the burning of fossil fuels had been mooted but debate would not move into the political sphere for more than a decade. Gandhi used her platform to express the inextricable ...

The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Laurent Fabius, President COP21 – Introduction to the Conference – Question Time

The University of the Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Niclas Hallstrom, What Next Forum, Tipping Point, Will we make it?

This video see’s Stuart Scott the director of strategic planning from the united planet faith and science initiative alongside the author of the book “Storms of my grandchildren” which is a very accurate book with regards to the progressive nature of negative climate change. The clue in the title is ...

The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Joachim Pilz, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University – Spiritual Consciousness-Raising to Reverse Climate Change

Ben Margolis of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty group emphasises the urgency of COP 21 as poor people, in particular, are already dying due to climate change. The richest countries need to take historic emissions into account in their decisions. The impact of cutting out fossil fuels entirely, ...

Charlie Fraser from the Foundation for Common Good discusses how money works to protect the position of the wealthy and how this would be different in a sustainable world economy – See further information f-f-c-g.org/team/