Astronauts Send A Message to UN Climate Change #COP21 From Space
A call to home to Earth: If the UN Climate Conference in Paris were held in space, delegates would align as ONE as they remember that we are all citizens and stewards of Spaceship Earth. In this YouTube video, astronauts from around the world share their love of Planet Earth and their desire for a treaty in Paris that reflects a rapid shift to sustainability, and a new way of living on Earth to make sustainability long lasting and enduring....
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Image: Shad Finney – Just One Planet (2015) #COP21 @alexiaparksWhen Obama Leads, Will The U.S. Congress Follow?
Paris – COP21: President Barack Obama won standing applause at COP21 when he stated that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the countries that sign on. These are fighting words, reports the AP, because it could set up a potential fight with Republicans at home. —My response to the Associated Press news report is this: Does approval of the UN treaty by the U.S. Congress really matter any more? If the weight of public opinion is strong enough, “We the People” have the right to VOTE the nay-sayers out of office in Election 2016. —In addition, this is not the only time that the U.S. Congress has been unable, or unwilling, to “do the right thing” when it comes to collaboration on a global scale. For example, in 1995, the U.S. signed but Congress never ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In its isolation, by refusing to ratify the treaty, it remains the ONLY country in the world that refuses to recognize the human rights of children. In Paris, the focus will be on securing a global CLIMATE TREATY. Here are three reasons why I believe it will happen. 1.) President Barack Obama has made it his legacy project; 2.) More than 500 institutions representing over $3.4 trillion in assets have made some form of divestment commitment from fossil fuels; 3.) And, like it or not, on a world stage, actions by the GOP-Led Congress are only a minor sideshow. As the first accredited blogger for the UNFCCC (Bali-2007), I personally witnessed and wrote about the *obstructionist*...
The Eiffel Tower Lights Up the HEART
#Awesome. Inspiring. Ambitious. Keep an eye on Paris this Sunday. ART from the HEART will light up the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Created by artist Naziha Mestaoui, the series of images call for forest protection and a 100% renewable energy future will be projected onto the facade of Paris’s most iconic landmark. Artists and musicians are coming together to light up the heart of the world. The goal: to engage citizens around the globe to help drive delegates to an ambitious global deal on climate change. The installation “1 Heart 1 Tree” will run from Nov 29 to Dec 4, during the UNFCCC talks in Paris (#COP21), “as a hopeful, optimistic celebration of climate solutions and the power of individual...
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