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Doha Climate Talks: Not Lost, but Damaged

Sunday, December 9th, 2012

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by Kit Vaughan, CARE International Director of Climate Change and Environment. Post was originally written for the Huffington Post Green Blog, and can be found here. You can follow more updates from CARE’s Climate Team on Twitter

Doha, Qatar (December 9, 2012)– Despite the seeming lack of progress at the latest UN climate negotiations in Doha, with many saying the two-week session again failed to deliver any substantive action towards a safer, more …

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Finding Hope in the Final Hours of the Doha Climate Conference

Friday, December 7th, 2012

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by Kelly Rigg, Executive Director of GCCA, the Global Campaign for Climate Action. Post was originally written for the Huffington Post Green Blog, and can be found here. You can follow more updates from Kelly on Twitter

Doha, Qatar (December 7, 2012)– “What gives you hope? This is a question I’m often asked these days. And what I’ve come to realize is that being hopeful, in the face of so much bad …

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From Doha to Azagor: Do the right thing

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Niger Families Face Drought

by Omar Tankari, CARE’s National Advocacy Manager for the Adaptation Learning Programme. CARE is partner of WEDO and a member of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance. Blog originally posted here

Doha, Qatar (December 6, 2012) — While the nations of the world disagree on the best way to tackle climate change in Doha, people in Niger are already dealing with the reality of shifting seasons and extreme weather. Omar Tankari, CARE’s National Advocacy Manager

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Youth Activists Share their Passion for Gender Reproductive Justice and Climate Change at COP18

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

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by Mimi Melles of the Time is Now Campaign and member of COP18 Youth Gender Working Group. Originally posted on Amplify

Doha, Qatar (December 3, 2012)– During these past few days of COP18, I’ve been working closely with members of the gender working group  represented in the official youth constituency, YOUNGO. Together, we have been meeting with negotiators, raising questions regarding gender and youth and posting blogs to raise the visibility of women’s empowerment, gender, …

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Towards a Diverse and Inclusive Process: WEDO’s Brownbag Lunch at COP18

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

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by WEDO COP18 Team

Doha, Qatar (December 3, 2012)- As part of WEDO’s effort to advance the dialogue on diversity at the UNFCCC, the team at COP18 gathered together a group of advocates and delegates for an informal brownbag lunch on Diversity and Inclusivity in Decision-Making: Changing the Face of Representation at the UNFCCC. An international group of COP participants discussed the value of diversity at the UNFCCC: its ability to facilitate decision-making and …

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