by pennyurquhart | Sep 21, 2014 | climate justice, UNSecretary General's Climate Summit
It was a balmy 23 in leafy Oranjezicht, perfect weather for the #PeoplesClimate march, part of the global actions leading up to the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in New York City on Tuesday. Lots going on in Cape Town today – the Open Book...
by pennyurquhart | May 15, 2014 | adaptation, climate justice, community-based adaptation, Uncategorized
CBA8 – the 8th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation – has been and gone in Kathmandu. Concluding on 30th April 2014, it was a packed week of field visits and conference sessions involving over 400 participants that culminated in the...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 27, 2014 | 5 questions on climate change series, adaptation, Africa, climate change, climate change and health, climate change policy, climate justice, culture, food security and climate change
This is the second in a series of “5 questions” blogs in which I explore the same five key questions with climate change thought leaders. In the interviews, we take a look at recent significant developments in the climate change arena, focus on what global leaders as...
by pennyurquhart | Feb 18, 2014 | 5 questions on climate change series, adaptation, climate change policy, climate justice, community-based adaptation
This is the first in a series of “5 questions” blogs in which I explore the same five key questions with a range of thought leaders working on climate change. In the interviews, we take a look at recent significant developments in the climate change arena, focus on...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 24, 2013 | climate justice
Thursday was Human Rights Day in South Africa. We had a lot to think about. Like, how much progress can we truly say we have made in the country since 1994, when violence towards women continues at horrific levels? When lesbians are raped and murdered as...
by pennyurquhart | Nov 28, 2011 | Africa, climate justice, environment
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP17 this time around – starts today, and Durban is already bursting at the seams. Mainstream accommodation is long since claimed, and one small guest house has had over 200 enquiries for two days in...
