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Tag: Paris2015

FYEG at COP21: Paris Agreement – An Ambitious Disaster?

Posted on 17 December 2015

On the 12th of December 2015 evening a story, ongoing for 21 years, ended. This was the evening when nearly 196 countries agreed to have the first legal treaty, applicable to all, that tries to combat climate change. Unlike it’s predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol which only asked developed countries for emissions reductions, this agreement expects…

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The Climate of the Rings – UNFCCC explained with Lord of the Rings

Posted on 9 June 2015

This article tries to explain the current process in the negotiations with quotes from J.R.R. Tolkiens “Middle earth”-saga. “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. Oh Frodo, you are just so right! Climate Change and its effects are bad. “This is madness”, as Yeb Sano said in his famous speech…

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It’s all about time! – Week 1 of the Bonn Climate Change Conference summarized

Posted on 6 June 2015

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The…

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Health & Climate Change: should we care or not?

Posted on 5 June 2015

During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, we usually hear about how climate change affects the world economy, the production, the business and so on. We never heard of how climate change affects our health or national health systems. Maybe we have heard of it, but we never actually paid…

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Human Rights in the Climate Talks

Posted on 5 June 2015

Human rights and climate crisis might not be an obvious connection. Sea level rise might mean living nearer the coast, warmer temperatures sound like a nicer summer, regional bananas produced in the Global North sound yummy – that might be the first thing people care of if they hear the term „Global Warming“. But digging…

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