Blogs
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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreColonialism, 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreFrom 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 […]
Read moreHow 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. […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreThinking 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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