After COP21, we wanted to take a moment to highlight key background information along with our recommendations on how to learn more and to get involved following the positive momentum from Paris.
Key COP 21 Leaders
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- Laurent Fabius, COP President & French Foreign Minister – “Paris 2015 Climate deal must have legal force”
- General Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary – “calls on leaders to take drought seriously”
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, India – “steered India’s elevation from spoiler to facilitator”
- Todd Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change – “formed climate consensus with China with hostile congress at his back”
- John Kerry, US Secretary of State – “world must seize chance to kill climate warming HFC’s”
- Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCC – “Turning Point is here. Join the wave of change”
Two of Our Favorite COP21 Articles
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- Natural Resources Defense Council (Rhea Suh) – An Insider’s Journal from the Paris Climate Talks
- New York Times (Justin Gillis) – Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure
Films To Watch
The Burden
300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds
Do The Math
Consumed
Racing Extinction
Time to Choose
Books to Read
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- The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken
- Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes & Erik Conway
- End of Nature & Cradle to Cradle by Bill Mckibben
- Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
- This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Be Informed – Join the Movement
www.350.org
www.climaterealityproject.org
www.climatemama.com
http://www.climatechangenews.com/
Other Favorites
Climate Action
Circular Ecology
Climate Environment
Earth Justice
Nature
NRDC
Planet Green
Sierra Club