By Alastair Bland Scientists have warned for decades that greenhouse gas emissions have put the earth on track for calamitous storms, floods, droughts and rising oceans. Last year, before the Paris climate summit, writers, scientists and artists were invited to write “Letters to the Future” predicting what success or failure in combating climate change might […]
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The Paris Agreement marks an unprecedented opportunity to quell the tide of climate change, and Iowans have a role to play
In the wake of the recently released World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of Global Climate 2015 report, which warns that the world is warming faster than predicted, the Paris Agreement on climate change (the “Agreement”) — negotiated at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework […]
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UI alum makes waves at Paris climate talks
Forty-five thousand individual participants and 150 countries gathered at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, earlier this month in Paris. Among them was UI alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco, a climate negotiator representing Chile as its Undersecretary of the Environment. “For a moment I felt that my presence at the COP21 was a culmination of […]
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On climate change: Jane Smiley writes a dystopian ‘letter to the future’
Scientists have warned for decades that greenhouse gas emissions have put the Earth on track for calamitous storms, floods, droughts and rising oceans. But the world’s governments have yet to sign a legally binding agreement to do what it takes to avert climate disaster. The UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 could […]
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Bringing the Mediterranean’s Migration Stories to the Stage
Jeff Biggers reading Prairie Lights — Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Jeff Biggers is the Writer-in-Residence in the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability, where he founded the Climate Narrative Project. Biggers, an American Book Award–winning author of several works of history and memoir, including State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Showdown […]
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NextGen urges students to quiz candidates about climate change
Zack Davis, the State Director of NextGen Climate, toured college campuses in Sioux City, Ames, Cedar Falls and Iowa City last week to push his group’s message into the forefront of the Iowa caucuses. Davis spoke with fellow students about transitioning to a 50 percent clean energy energy production goal by 2030, encouraging them to […]
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A groundswell in New York: Tackling climate change and sustainable development from the bottom up
On my Friday morning flight, on the tiny screen attached to the back of the seat in front me, Pope Francis delivered an address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as part of the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York City on Sept. 25. A few hours after I arrived in New York […]
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Talking Movies: ‘The Yes Men are Revolting’ takes on climate change
Film is only one weapon in the arsenal of the artist-activists behind ‘The Yes Men’ series. Laura Nix’s documentary ‘The Yes Men Are Revolting’ continues…
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Iowa activists bring climate change message to the White House
Today, members of the Great March for Climate Change met with White House officials to discuss the impact of climate change…
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Cross-country march arrives today in the Iowa City area after nearly six months on the road
What started in California on March 1 has finally made its way to Iowa. The Great March for Climate Action, a cross-country demonstration calling for vigilance in the…
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Increased flooding, extreme weather in Iowa raises concerns over food production
The Iowa River surging over its banks and the reservoir north of town threatening to breach its emergency spillway in early July marked the second major flood…
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Steps toward a better world: Miriam Kashia marches to inspire others in the fight against climate change
On March 1, nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Port of Los Angeles to kick off the first ever Great March for Climate Action. Near the petrol…
