COP27’s ‘Loss and Damage’ Agreement – Better than Nothing?
After two weeks of challenging negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this year’s annual UN Climate conference, COP27, has concluded. Its outcome: bleak. Following last year’s COP26 in Glasgow, many hoped this would be the year in which ideas centered around justice would produce the solutions needed to combat climate change. Unfortunately, many of the COP27…
Concerns over Greenwashing and Gentrification Surround Upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics
Despite progressive promises, local residents and activists worry that the Paris Olympics will cause more harm than good.
COP27: Where We’ve Come from and Where We’re Going
For three decades, the United Nations has demonstrated its commitment to climate change action in the form of an annual meeting called the Conference of Parties, or COP. This November 6-18, almost 200 countries are convening in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt to negotiate consequential decisions on climate commitments. Since the first UN COP in 1992,…
Misinformation and Misunderstandings in the American Discourse on Policing
After examining the general confusion over what ‘defunding the police’ would actually look like and other countries’ solutions to crime, it becomes clear that the United States continues to have a problematic tendency to solve its problems with violence.
The Arctic Trade War and the Environmental Fallout in Canada’s North
The climate crisis will make the Arctic more accessible to economic development, but at what cost to locals, the environment, and global geopolitics?
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Why Has Canada’s Policy on Disastrous Mining Operations in Latin America Not Changed?
Despite Trudeau’s promises to regulate Canadian coal mining in Latin America, human rights violations continue due to profit, lobbying, and apathy.
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An Ongoing Genocide: How Brazil is Fuelling Climate Change and Violence Against Indigenous Communities
A deep dive into how Bolsonaro’s policies exacerbate climate change and attempt to eradicate Indigenous peoples from the Amazon.
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Rojava’s Last Stand: How the International Community failed a Burgeoning Democracy
Once backed by US troops in the Syrian Civil War, Rojava could now find itself surrounded by two hostile state militaries – a consequence of the International Community appeasing dictatorships over democracies.
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