Insights

CEE Attends Seventh UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi

What is UNEA? “If we don’t transform our economic and finance systems, we can’t transform our environmental and food systems. We need the whole of society and government working together.”  This sentiment, articulated by British chemist Sir Robert Watson, was a dominant message out of the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7). UNEA, which took place from December 8 to 12, in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme

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“All of the Above” is Not a Solution: NESE Pipeline Undermines New York’s Climate Commitments

As climate negotiations were underway at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Brazil last month, the lack of U.S. climate leadership was glaring. That was not only true there, but also at home.  Just before the commencement of COP30, New York State gave the green light for the first new gas pipeline in at least a decade. The Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline imperils sensitive marine ecosystems and is

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On Pilgrimage with the Wolf and the Wild Forest Creature: Lessons for the Climate Movement

As pilgrims around the world gathered at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, two surprising guides walked beside us: the wolf of Gubbio, friend of St. Francis, and the Curupira, the fierce forest guardian of the Amazon. Their stories of wild ways, similar yet different, invite us to imagine new ways of caring for our common home at a moment when the world urgently needs courage, clarity and commitment. In “Laudato Si’”

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Reflections from Ratiwennahní:rats

I am now nearing the end of my time at Ratiwennahni:rats (a Kanien’kéha Mohawk language immersion program). In a couple weeks, we will be done with the first half of the year. Amongst us students, what we do post-graduation determines our ability to maintain and continue our fluency. It creates a heavy weight of responsibility to know that whatever we choose to do shapes our futures as speakers. Kanien’kéha (Mohawk

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Regrounding Climate Action: The Global Ethical Stocktake at COP30

The Global Ethical Stocktake seeks to move ethical discernment into the heart of climate policymaking. Conceived in the lead-up to the United Nations climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the GES took shape through six Regional Dialogues and countless grassroots dialogues (Self-Organized Dialogues). At COP30, the insights and messages that emerged in the GES process were represented by global and community leaders, Indigenous peoples and advocates, faith communities, youth and

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“Deeping the Moral Force”: Science and Spiritual Leaders Convene Global Ethical Stocktake Dialogue

“The moral compass and the ethical will for change remain elusive—yet on the horizon, because people realize something is missing. We have to deepen the moral force. The spiritual, the moral, the ethical need to be infused with the policy, science and law that are driving climate responses.” Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-founder of Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, opened a powerful online forum hosted by Center for Earth

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Authors

Karenna Gore
Samira Siddique
Clara Chavez-Ives
Ned Joyner
Timothy Cross
Rosie Semlyen
Gregory Simpson
Olivia “Liv” Watyana’li:yo Bigtree
Taylar Enlow
Tory-Field
Tory Field
Allegra Lovejoy
Andrew Schwartz
Alyssa Ng
Alyssa Ng
Aja Two Crows
Aja Two Crows
Shannon MD Smith
Shannon MD Smith
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Catherine Flowers
Erin Lothes
Erin Lothes
Lyla June Johnston
Lyla June Johnston
Betty Lyons
Mona Polacca
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Teddy Nalwanji
Mindahi Crescencio Bastida Muñoz
Mindahi Bastida
Petra Thombs
Geraldine Ann Patrick Encina
Geraldine Patrick
Workshop by Poppy Jones for children, talking about Acorn and the Oak Tree at Musical Seeds event. September 2017.
Poppy Jones