Blog
A place for insight, analysis and action.
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11 December 2024
A clarion call for climate justice
by Quaker United Nations Office
Johan Cavert, Programme Assistant for the Human Impacts of Climate Change at the Quaker United Nations Office, reflects on his first experience of United Nations climate change talks.
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11 December 2024
Finance and false solutions at COP29
by Quaker United Nations Office
Lindsey Fielder Cook, Interim Deputy Director and Representative for the Human Impacts of Climate Change at the Quaker United Nations Office, reports back from COP29.
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5 November 2024
COP29 – could it be a COP of peace?
by Rebecca WalkerWoo and Charlotte Cooper
The next UN climate change talks – COP29 – will begin in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11 November 2024. Charlotte Cooper and Rebecca WalkerWoo take a look at what to expect and share an invitation to witness.
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21 August 2024
Lloyd's of London: underwriting exploitation?
by Anna Lewis
Growing from a small 17th century coffeehouse to a gleaming glass and metal financial headquarters today, Lloyd's of London has played a role in 300 years of British history, including the transatlantic slave trade. But are their actions in the present in line with what they have to say about that history?
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25 July 2024
6 ways our new government could build a peaceful and sustainable world
by Anna Lewis & Dixe Wills
Anna Lewis and Dixe Wills shine a light on Quaker hopes for our new government.
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25 June 2024
General election manifestos: how do they fare on climate justice?
by Rebecca WalkerWoo
Rebecca WalkerWoo looks at the manifestos for political parties running in the upcoming general election. How do they fit with Quaker calls for climate justice?
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21 March 2024
And Still We Rise: building collective action in the face of multiple crises
by Rebecca WalkerWoo
On Saturday 24 February 2024, Friends House in London opened its doors for War on Want's 'And Still We Rise' climate justice festival. Rebecca WalkerWoo shares some reflections on the day.
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15 March 2024
Climate and health: sharing concerns and solutions with MSPs
by Sarah Komashko
Sarah Komashko highlights a recent event in the Scottish Parliament that explored the links between improving individual health and planetary health.
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20 December 2023
The contradictions at the heart of COP28
by Quaker United Nations Office
The UN climate talks, COP28, recently took place in Dubai. Anna Aguto from the Quaker United Nations Office reports back on the challenges of moving forward global action on the climate crisis.
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19 December 2023
Reflecting on COP28 – where next for climate justice?
by Rebecca WalkerWoo
COP28 saw a breakthrough on funding loss and damage and a shift away from fossil fuel dependence. But it stopped short of the scale of action and ambition we need. Rebecca WalkerWoo explores how.
