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Brazil suspends Amazon dam project over fears for indigenous people

April 22, 2016
By Chris Arsenault
Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Land rights campaigners have welcomed the suspension of a mega-dam project in Brazil’s Amazon basin which would have flooded an area the size of New York City and displaced indigenous communities.

The São Luiz do Tapajós dam would have forced Munduruku indigenous people out of their...

In Photos: The Indigenous Protectors of the World's Most Sacred Places

All around the world, sites sacred to indigenous people are besieged by mining, tourism, and other threats. Meet the groups safeguarding and restoring them.

By Christopher McLeod
YES! Magazine
April 21, 2016

"We have to move now": Islanders watch as their home disappears in the sea

April 20, 2016
By Mark Bowling
The Catholic Leader

ALMOST 6000 islanders to Australia’s north face forced evacuation as they watch their low-lying Pacific homelands disappear under rising seas.

Their plight amounts to just a drop in the ocean, and yet these island people take solace from Pope Francis’ call for action on climate change and the environment, and for the...

Delivering on the Promises of Paris: Why the World's Muslims Are Demanding Climate Action Now

By Naser Haghamed, CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, an independent humanitarian and development organisation with a presence in over 40 countries worldwide

Huffington Post
April 18, 2016

A Western Soto Zen Buddhist Statement on the Climate Crisis

April 18, 2016
Press Release

Today it is our responsibility as Buddhists and as human beings to respond to an unfolding human-made climate emergency that threatens life.

This statement is a Zen Buddhist perspective on the climate emergency, expressing deep concern and pointing towards actions to halt and reverse climate change. It is a first step.

 

250 Faith Leaders Demand Nations Ratify Paris Climate Deal

April 18, 2016
By Jeremy Deaton & Jack Jenkins
Think Progress

Former U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres has credited faith groups for helping to advance the Paris Climate Agreement by supporting “holistic, equitable, but above all, ambitious climate action.”

Now, faith leaders are going one step further, calling for immediate ratification of the landmark...

Maasai winner of environment prize protects land from grabbers

April 18, 2016
By Kizito Makoye
Reuters

DAR ES SALAAM, April 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dressed in his traditional red shawl, Edward Loure was watching over a herd of cattle grazing on dew-laden grass when he heard that his efforts to protect land rights had earned him one of the world’s most prestigious environmental prizes.

A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World

But first the two movements will have to rediscover their shared roots in a fundamental critique of an economy and a society that value things more than lives.

By James Gustave Speth and J. Phillip Thompson III
The Nation
April 14, 2016

Yale to partially divest from fossil fuels

April 12, 2016
By Finnegan Schick
Yale Daily News

Almost two years after Chief Investment Officer David Swensen added climate change awareness to Yale’s investment strategy, the endowment is starting to divest from fossil fuels.

Yale Advances in Shaping Portfolio to Address Climate Change

April 12, 2016
By Geraldine Fabrikant
New York Times

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