by Publications Committee | Jan 9, 2016 | Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Shelley Tanenbaum, QEW General Secretary. You’ve probably heard that saying, “Up a creek without a paddle.” Just a few years ago, when it came to climate change, we were all up a dead-end creek in a leaky little boat without a paddle. Post-Paris and the...
by Publications Committee | Jan 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Bob McGahey After years of fraught negotiations, we have a climate accord. Just getting 195 countries with different, sometimes conflicting, interests to agree was a miracle of sorts. The document breaks new ground by aiming to hold the average temperature rise...
by Publications Committee | Jan 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By QEW Friends Some QEW Friends weren’t in Paris but were participating in events in their local areas in support of change for the planet. In this section several Friends share their COP21 experiences with you. = = = = = = = = = = “I went on one of the local...
by Publications Committee | Jan 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Philip Emmi, QEW-Accredited COP21 Observer How can one describe an event designed to accommodate 40,000 attendees and reach an agreement among 195 countries on how to protect against catastrophic climate disruption? Dante’s circles of Heaven and Hell may be a...
by Publications Committee | Jan 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Jose Aguto, FCNL Last December, through the generosity of Lindsey Fielder Cook and Jonathan Wooley of the Quaker UN Office, I was blessed and accredited to participate in the “Blue Zone” of the UNFCCC negotiations in Paris (COP21), during the second...
