Fiji: On the Frontlines in the Fight against Climate Change
The Republic of Fiji is an archipelago located in the South Pacific, about 3000 km (2000 mi) east of Australia. Its closest neighbors are other archipelagos, such as Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the...
View ArticleGhana: In the Quest to Combat Climate Change
Climate change has become one of the biggest challenges of this century, and as a global challenge, it requires global solutions. The threat of climate change is multidimensional and its impacts...
View ArticleBetween Carbon Trading and Saving the Earth
Each year, between the big Conferences of the Parties (COP), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) takes place in Bonn, Germany. Within the scope of the UNFCCC, experts...
View ArticleThe Dutch Climate Agreement
In order to achieve the aims of the Paris agreement, the Dutch government passed a law that obliges itself to do so and let the people of the country decide on how to do it. In 2015, 195 members of...
View ArticleInterview with Marc Anguera
Marc Anguera Gisbert is Membership Officer at JNC — Catalonia, where he previously served as Environmental Officer. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Barcelona and works as an...
View ArticleUkraine and the Paris Agreement
Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe, located in its southeastern part. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the population is 42,030,832 as of 1st June of 2019[i]. Average...
View ArticleInterview with Louise Charles from Climeworks
Climeworks was established in 2009 to develop the world’s first commercial carbon dioxide removal technology. The research and development of the technology began at ETH Zurich in 2003. More...
View ArticleLaura’s Blog #7: Wildlife, Wine, Fridays For Future, and Gender-Based...
Meet Laura Fagerlund. Laura is a Vice President of IFLRY and a Council member of the Swedish Youth of Finland. She is currently living in South Africa, where she is doing an internship with the main...
View ArticleHow the Mercosur Agreement is Good for the Environment – and Why We Liberals...
After 20 years of negotiations, the free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American common market (Mercosur) becomes reality. It is an agreement comprising political,...
View ArticleSolutions for the Environment – some points about the IPCC SRCCL
The IPCC meets in Geneva to approve the final version of its special report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL), a literature review on the relations between climate dynamics caused by human activities...
View ArticleInterview with a Dedicated Liberal MP from Norway
Read the latest article in our interview series with Young Liberal Politicians and meet Grunde Kreken Almeland, a young Norwegian politician for Venstre (the Liberal Party of Norway). Grunde was the...
View ArticleInterview with Katarin Wagner – HSBC Head of Corporate Sustainability
Can you give us a brief overview of your work regarding sustainability? I am responsible for corporate sustainability for HSBC in Germany, which is integrated into the sustainability management of the...
View ArticleCOP25: Time for climate action, or just a stepping stone to COP26?
COP25 was held in Madrid between December 3rd and14th. It was supposed to take place in Santiago de Chile but because of the political situation the Presidency of Chile cancelled just one month before...
View ArticleClimate Alphabet
IFRLY’s Climate Change Programme recently concluded their online-project #ClimateAlphabet. Here, you can find the full (text) compilation, with explanations for key climate concepts from A to Z and...
View ArticleThe Ocean Cleanup
During the past weeks, IFLRY’s Climate Change Programme has been focused on highlighting different approaches that could help combat climate change. When it comes to the environment, however, another...
View ArticleInterview with Jonge Democraten
This is an article in our series of interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations. Other interviews can be found here. The Jonge Democraten (Young Democrats) are a Dutch...
View ArticleDrought in Times of Corona: Old Inequities Exacerbated
As the number of reported cases of COVID-19, or “Coronavirus”, continues to proliferate around the world, governments have enacted a number of policies intended to mitigate the worst impacts of the...
View ArticleIncorporating Climate Change Education In The Classroom For The Future...
From fires in Australia to swarms of locusts in Africa, the impact of climate change continues to affect environments around the world. As the situation grows more dire with each passing year, climate...
View ArticleInterview with Ambroise Méjean, President of Les Jeunes avec Macron
This is an article in our series of interviews with liberal and progressive youth organisations. Les Jeunes avec Macron (JAM) is a French progressive youth movement founded in 2015. It is the youth...
View ArticlePoverty and Climate Change
Last week, it was World Environment Day. On the occasion, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held a virtual panel discussion on the question: “Is Poverty Necessary in the...
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