In The News 11 Dec 2020
Our Climate Champions 2020: Gopal Kumar Mohoto.
Five years on from the signing of the Paris Agreement at COP21, and at the end of one of the most difficult years for climate action in recent history, in this series we celebrate five individuals that remind us of the power of the people in the climate movement.
There may not be many people who can look back at 2020 and count their contributions to climate action. But despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, one co-founder and CTO has persevered.
Gopal Kumar Mohoto is part of the leadership team at Cassetex, a Bangladeshi start-up that in October won the global EIT Climate-KIC ClimateLaunchpad finals – much to his own surprise.
WASHINGTON In less than 24 hours, over 300 climate, community, faith, indigenous and environmental groups from across the country signed a letter to Democratic leaders voicing opposition to a range of fossil fuel subsidies that could be included in a must pass appropriations bill.
As Senate committees work to pass appropriations bills, fears are rising that lawmakers will include provisions that provide subsidies for fossil fuel extraction, offshore drilling and nuclear energy as part of a backroom deal negotiated between Republican and Democratic leadership. The letter raises concerns that these last minute secret amendments could also support ‘false solutions’ being pushed by dirty energy interests like carbon capture and storage, biofuels, carbon offsets and carbon pricing.
Press Release – 350.org Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, artists from the Pacific islands call for the international community to urgently defund the fossil fuel industry amidst the dual crises of climate change and COVID-19. The three-part film series, …
Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, artists from the Pacific islands call for the international community to urgently defund the fossil fuel industry amidst the dual crises of climate change and COVID-19.
The three-part film series, “Fighting for Our Survival”, is produced by youth-led grassroots climate network 350 Pacific Climate Warriors, the Climate Vulnerable Forum and award-winning Fijian filmmaker Ropate Kama. It tells a story of climate injustice: the carbon pollution from industrialized nations which disproportionately affects frontline communities, and the rising of Pacific leadership and resilience.
Friday, 11 December 2020, 5:56 am
Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement,
artists from the Pacific islands call for the international
community to urgently defund the fossil fuel industry amidst
the dual crises of climate change and COVID-19.
The
three-part film series, “Fighting for Our Survival”, is
produced by youth-led grassroots climate network 350 Pacific
Climate Warriors, the Climate Vulnerable Forum and
award-winning Fijian filmmaker Ropate Kama. It tells a story
of climate injustice: the carbon pollution from
industrialized nations which disproportionately affects
frontline communities, and the rising of Pacific leadership
and resilience.
Featuring poet and United Nations
Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands Kathy