Since Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, more and more communities are making their own commitments to adhere to the goals of the climate accord. 12 states and Puerto Rico have created The United States Climate […]
COP UN Climate Summit
Special Coverage of UN Climate Summit Conference of Parties in Lima 2014, Paris 2015
COP21 Paris: Human Rights Day-It Takes Roots to Weather the Storm
PARIS-The Peace Wall next to the Eiffel Tower on Thursday was the backdrop for those determined to maintain or win their human rights. Representatives from Indigenous, Black, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander organizations gathered to convey the message: It […]
Jane Goodall’s Support for Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) Challenged by Cassandra Smithies
PARIS-KGNU has brought you coverage of those who are fighting the REDD program, that’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. The program is a carbon offset mechanism which those affected say is privatizing the air by using forests and water ecosystems […]
COP21 Paris: Women and Climate, Segoline Roybal, Vandana Shiva, Mary Robinson, and Marie-Monique Robin
PARIS-At the Paris climate talks last month Indian scholar, environmental activist, and anti-globalization author, Vandana Shiva spoke to recognize “women power” in addressing the climate crisis. She along with former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, Segoline Roybal, and Marie-Monique Robin […]
Police Attack KGNU Reporters in Paris
PARIS-Today, as KGNU’s early morning news team was exiting the designated COP21 train station stop, Le Bourget, that leads to the boarding zone for the COP21 shuttle buses, Paris Police were arresting a dark skinned person with a beard. The […]
The People’s Climate Summit: Groups Give up on COP21 Negotiations and Present Own Solutions
PARIS-The Peoples Climate Summit, a regular event outside of the UN Climate Summit where grassroots communities routinely organize outside of the UN Climate Summit happened this weekend in downtown Paris. Here grassroots communities shared strategies and solutions to the climate […]
COP21 Paris: “People aren’t making the right decisions at this meeting”
PARIS-Indigenous groups on Friday reported their rejection of the climate agreement because protections for their communities and territories have just become at greater risk. Those protections today were removed from the text of the climate agreement which is legally binding, and […]
COP21 Paris: South Asia Pacific Movement to Dominating Countries, “You just don’t get it!”
PARIS-“Our losses are much more deep and much more painful. You can’t have everything easily replaced by money.” A coalition of South Asian communities have joined with affected Caribbean communities to describe to dominant countries the challenges that they face […]