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Background The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the worlds largest humanitarian organization, with 192 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. Organizational Context The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s ...

The Mountain Pact is encouraging elected officials mountain towns across the West to consider resolutions in support of President Biden’s executive order to temporarily pause new oil and gas leasing on federal public lands. The pause is in an effort to complete “a comprehensive review and reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices in light of [her] broad stewardship responsibilities over the public lands . . . including potential climate and other impacts,” a...

US Bureau of Land Management exercises its discretion to not hold lease sales in the 2nd quarter of 2021 22 Apr 2021 The Interior Department’s ongoing review of the federal oil and gas program is assessing compliance with applicable laws and, as directed by Executive Order 14008, reviewing whether the current leasing process provides taxpayers with a fair return.   Based on our ongoing  review, the Bureau of Land Management is exercising its discretion to not hold lease sales in the 2n...

Statement on Second Quarter Oil and Gas Lease Sales The Interior Department’s ongoing review of the federal oil and gas program is assessing compliance with applicable laws and, as directed by Executive Order 14008, reviewing whether the current leasing process provides taxpayers with a fair return.   Based on our ongoing  review, the Bureau of Land Management is exercising its discretion to not hold lease sales in the 2nd quarter of Calendar Year 2021. This decision does not impact exi...

Patrick Devine-Wright Professor Patrick Devine-Wright, Chair of the Net Zero Task Force - Credit: Devon County Council Patrick Devine-Wright, chairman of the county councils net zero task force, writes for this title Earlier this month Devon Climate Emergency (DCE) launched the Interim Devon Carbon Plan consultation. The carbon plan will lay out what every person, every business and every organisation in Devon must do to lower carbon emissions and to achieve net-zero. It also highlights the wid...

The climate crises gets worse, which it will no matter what we do. so it made me really, really sad. >> for me i feel like we dont have any throw away resources or species, and we dont have any throw away neighborhoods or children either. >> its the same mindset. >> disposability. you can throw stuff away. you have a set of demands so tell us about those. >> number one, support the green new deal because theres no way that were going to get done what needs to be done in the shrinking amount of t...

Intended to indicate the heightened risk. and like all climate crises, the hardest hitters are those with the lowest resources. "the l.a. times" reporting on housekeepers and other worker showing up to work anyway. as one gardener put it what can i do, i need the money, i need the work. the question for policy makers and citizens is this unavoidable or is there something to be done so this does not become the permanent status quo? here with me now a staff writer at the atlantic who wrote, quote,...