| By EEB (European Environmental Bureau) |
| 29 October 2021 TOUR & TAXIS – Eight artists and acrobats, four musicians, an impressive scenography and many stories to tell. After a tour of 10 European countries, the contemporary circus company MagdaClan is coming to Tour&Taxis in Brussels from 10 to 13 November to offer you an artistic experience full of reflections on migration and global warming. With the support of the European Environmental Bureau and the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, the artists of MagdaClan want to engage the public in understanding the complex relationship between climate change and migration and create a movement of informed people ready to change their lifestyle and demand new development policies. They will stage a dramatic representation of the climate crises taking place in different corners of the world, posing as entire populations brought to their knees by floods, melting Arctic permafrost, desertification and fires. How will artists deal with these realities, with just a few objects and words? Be part of the change! Join us at Tour&Taxis on 10/11/12/13 November, 7.30pm, free, CST and registration required, link at the bottom. More info on our Facebook event. Register here Share the event on Facebook Check out the teaser |
Tag: climate change
Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements
By Actionnetwork
Target: Participants in COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1-12, 2021
COP26.info #NoWarNoWarming
We encourage individuals and organizations to sign the petition below, and also ask organizations to sign a similar petition created by Conflict and Environment Observatory here.
We encourage groups and individuals to organize events to advance this message on or about the big day of action in Glasgow on November 6, 2021. Resources and ideas for events are here.
PETITION:
To: Participants in COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1-12, 2021
From: [Your Name]
As a result of final-hour demands made by the U.S. government during negotiation of the 1997 Kyoto treaty, military greenhouse gas emissions were exempted from climate negotiations. That tradition has continued.
The 2015 Paris Agreement left cutting military greenhouse gas emissions to the discretion of individual nations.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, obliges signatories to publish annual greenhouse gas emissions, but military emissions reporting is voluntary and often not included.
NATO has acknowledged the problem but not created any specific requirements to address it.
There is no reasonable basis for this gaping loophole. War and war preparations are major greenhouse gas emitters. All greenhouse gas emissions need to be included in mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction standards. There must be no more exception for military pollution.
We ask COP26 to set strict greenhouse gas emissions limits that make no exception for militarism, include transparent reporting requirements and independent verification, and do not rely on schemes to “offset” emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions from a country’s overseas military bases must be fully reported and charged to that country, not the country where the base is located.
Podcast: Reflecting on the 2020 ‘Commission’s Staff working document: Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
By SDG Watch Europe
In November 2020, the European Commission published its Staff Working Document (SWD), “Delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals – A comprehensive approach”. The SWD explains how the European Commission is “taking forward its commitment to sustainable development, the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs through its internal and external action policies, while also monitoring progress at Member State and European Union levels.”
However, the Staff Working Document merely provides an overview of existing initiatives of the European Commission. Five years after the SDGs were adopted, we have yet only seen a reaffirmation of the EC’s commitment towards the SDGs without real action on what they entail.
SDG Watch Europe asked key stakeholders what they think the next step should be in the endless effort to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
Listen to Members of the European Parliament and representatives from NGOs commenting on the latest staff working document in this podcast: https://soundcloud.com/historieromverdensmaalene/sdgs-and-the-eu
FOOD WAVE : Empowering Urban Youth for Climate Action
By ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy
Worldwide food production is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas (GHC) emissions. More than a third of the global food production per year (40% at the European level) goes wasted, producing a significant impact on the climate, the environment and society. Contributing to sustainable agri-food systems, shifting to more sustainable production, distribution, and consumption patterns is one of the key aspects to tackle climate change and to address, at the same time, the issues of human rights, social inclusion, rural-urban linkages, food sovereignty.
These values are among the main pillars of the EU funded project “Food Wave: Empowering Urban Youth for Climate Action”. The project, co-funded by the EU DEAR Programme, is promoted by the Municipality of Milan and 18 Local Authorities and 11 Civil Society Organisations and aims to increase knowledge, awareness, and engagement of young people on sustainable patterns of food consumption and behaviour. Implementing actions in over 21 locations across 17 countries (16 within the European Union and 1 in the Global South -Brazil), with global networks such as C40, Food Wave is working to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and those of the Paris Agreement.
Through the direct and active engagement of young people, the project contributes to the localisation of the SDGs, leading the path towards more resilient and sustainable food systems. Many initiatives, such as online workshops, call for ideas, call for proposals, and street actions, are at the core of the project, boosting change starting from the territorial level.
Read more about the Food Wave project and follow its Facebook and Instagram pages.
Stop Climate Change, start a Climate of Change
By ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy
The research-based Climate of Change (#CoC) campaign stems from taking strong measures against Climate Change by raising awareness among young people and decision-makers about the human face of environmental disasters: climate migrants. This project is funded by the DEAR Programme from the European Commission. Focusing on human affliction by climate change is seen as a key factor in mobilising people to take Climate Action now, as the SDG 13 Climate actions suggest.
Climate Change is something complex and hard to grasp. To make it visible, the #CoC campaign focused on the narratives of migrants forced to displace because of their environmental misfortune. Such natural distress, usually happening overseas among the poorer regions, finds its linkage within richer countries’ unsustainable lifestyles.
As a result, the #CoC campaign highlights the social injustice underlying environmental disasters and those afflicted: climate migrants. To raise awareness about Climate Injustice, the CoC campaign has initiated a Debate Contest in 13 partner countries in Europe among high schools and university degrees so that students from 16 to 25 year old can fully grasp the complexity of such phenomenon by putting words publicly in such contest. National Finals are planned in May-June of 2021, and the Pan-Eu final is scheduled in November 2021.
Moreover, the #CoC Campaign is set to kick-off on 22 April, on Earth Day. At his date, each partner will share local data and articles about their actions nationally to raise awareness and take action with the #CoC framework.
Keep your eyes peeled and follow us: #ClimateOfChange | The human face of climate change