Research suggests that women are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. It also finds that 80 per cent of people displaced by climate disasters are women and girls. So when COP29 host country Azerbaijan announced that there were no women and several fossil fuel executives appointed to its organising committee, both gender and climate activists around the world were not happy.
The United Nations announced Thursday that delegates attending its annual climate summit will be required to disclose their affiliation, a move aimed at addressing concerns of undue influence. This decision aims to clamp down on the presence of lobbyists from fossil fuel companies masquerading as country delegates during the Conferences of the Parties.Climate activists have
Agricultural and food justice advocate Vanessa García Polanco ’18 will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Sept. 27, discussing “The Exception and Not the Norm: Becoming an Agricultural and Food Justice Advocate.” An alumna of the University, she has received numerous honors for her work and brings her experiences and identities as an Afro-Dominican immigrant to her policy and advocacy activities. .