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The international development white paper is a drop in the ocean compared to where we need to be

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 27 November 2023
Campaigns: General

Last Monday saw the launch of the UK government’s new international development white paper, the first in 14 years. The paper marked a distinct shift away from the nasty, isolationist […]

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The World Bank should not host the Loss and Damage Fund

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 3 November 2023
Campaigns: Climate

Due to the collapse of the 4th UN Transitional Committee Meeting on Loss and Damage, which is preparing the details of how to operationalise the fund to address loss and […]

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Colonialism, climate change and climate reparations

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 4 August 2023
Campaigns: Climate, General

Climate scientists confirmed that this July was the world’s hottest month on record. In response, UN secretary general, António Guterres has said that the era of global warming has ended […]

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The UN Loss and Damage Transitional Committee’s first meeting: what was discussed?

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 30 March 2023
Campaigns: Climate

The Loss and Damage Fund was the biggest breakthrough agreement in a long time from the UN climate summit or COP.  More than 30 years since the idea was first […]

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The IPCC warnings repeatedly fall on deaf ears and now we are losing time

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 20 March 2023
Campaigns: Climate

The 58th Session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released the Synthesis Report of its 6th Assessment cycle, which it has produced every five […]

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The historic loss and damage victory at COP27 was thanks to the unity of developing countries and civil society

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 23 November 2022

The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement, attended by 47,000 delegates, delivered on the promise of being […]

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From Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh: Will the inadequacies of the COP climate talks continue?

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 9 November 2022
Campaigns: Climate

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in 1994. It has a near-universal membership of 192 countries that have ratified the Convention and which collectively […]

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How can we stop energy profiteering and address climate breakdown?

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 2 November 2022
Campaigns: Climate

While the climate crisis is deepening and households are falling into poverty, inflation and soaring energy bills, fossil fuel firms are enjoying their tax breaks and reporting quarterly record profits. […]

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A return to the dark era: how did the Philippines elect former dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s son?

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 9 June 2022
Campaigns: General

Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, popularly known as Bongbong, will be the Philippines’ 17th president starting on 30 June. How did the son and namesake of a man known worldwide as a […]

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Thinking through the IPCC report in the new global situation

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Date: 4 April 2022
Campaigns: Climate, General, Trade

One would think that, given the present convergence of crises – a runaway climate; a global pandemic that has already killed at least an estimated 6.18 million people around the […]

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