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Ava Hall commented on Deborah Phelan's blog post Connect the Dots: Health & Climate Change"You raise important points in this post that are essential to understanding the framework of sustainability. We are hosting a blogger call to discuss the intersection of women's health and the environment at the upcoming…"
Deborah Phelan is attending Women's Major Group's eventDublin Rio Principles - Bridging the Gender Gap in Water Resource Management – Where do we stand, What lessons have we learned? at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 13, 2012 at 10am to June 22, 2012 at 10am
Dublin Rio Principles - Bridging the Gender Gap in Water Resource Management – Where do we stand, What lessons have we learned?RIO+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development –13th – 22nd June, 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, BrazilGender equality and women’s empowerment goals are part of the cornerstones of the principles that came out of the International Conference on Water and the Environment’s (ICWE), Dublin Principles (1992), the UN Conference on Environment and Development, (1992),…See More
Deborah Phelan posted a blog postConnect the Dots: Health & Climate Change
WHO director general Margaret Chan yesterday urged public officials and scientists to focus more on informing the public about the impacts of climate change on their physical well being and the outbreak of diseases, both locally and regionally."Human health is largely neglected, if not entirely ignored, in debates about climate change," said Chan.Scientists participating in the web based presentation stressed the need to make climate change a clear and present danger to the well-being of…See More
Deborah Phelan commented on Beatrice Obbo's blog post Land Grabs in Africa: We know the problem, but what are the solutions?"Fabulous blog entry!
Here's some info from an article I wrote two years back on environmental justice in Uganda that focuses in part on land grabs. I am very excited that I will now have the time to focus on updating information on this issue…"
Deborah Phelan liked Beatrice Obbo's blog post Land Grabs in Africa: We know the problem, but what are the solutions?Deborah Phelan posted a blog postConnect the Dots & IPCC SREX Report
The IPCC tomorrow releases the complete electronic version of its Special Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The report, previewed last November in a 19-page Summary for Policymakers will be available in print version this May. It was negotiated and finalized last fall…See More
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- About Me (Education, Interests, Professional experience)
- I am a veteran reporter and editor who currently works as a eco campaign organizer, building coalitions between experts, media teams and activists to raise awareness and promote action on issues relative to climate change, alternative energy and localized thriving economies.
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- Energy, Climate Change, Sustainable Business, Gender, Poverty Alleviation, Education/Training
- What is your vision for a sustainable future?
- An international federation of mutually supportive locally sustained and ecologically diverse communities, maintained by new paradigms of currencies which champion reputation, innate worth, motivation and skills.
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Connect the Dots: Health & Climate Change
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 1:44pm 1 Comment 1 Like
WHO director general Margaret Chan yesterday urged public officials and scientists to focus more on informing the public about the impacts of climate change on their physical well being and the outbreak of diseases, both locally and regionally.
"Human health is largely neglected, if not entirely ignored, in debates about climate change," said Chan.
Scientists participating in the web based presentation stressed the need to make climate change a clear and present danger to the…
Continue Connect the Dots & IPCC SREX Report
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:50pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The IPCC tomorrow releases the complete electronic version of its Special Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The report, previewed last November in a 19-page Summary for Policymakers will be available in print version this May. It was negotiated and finalized last…
Continue Africa: Women & Water
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
"In their daily search for clean water, women in rural sub-Saharan Africa literally and symbolically walk the social, economic, and geographic paths along which, scholars argue, the HIV/AIDS epidemic can be mapped." Link
In 2002, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan identified women as the backbone of Africa, and sounded the dire alarm…
Continue "WHY I MUST SPEAK OUTABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE." Hansen TED Talks
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 2:59pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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