by BrendanS | Dec 9, 2009 | post
This week, just in time for the Copenhagen climate convention, the annual Global Climate Risk Index was released, telling how vulnerable each country in the world is to the costs of climate change. Guess who was number one in financial losses from climate change?...
by BrendanS | Dec 8, 2009 | post
[On Friday LNS co-founder Tim Costello passed away at his home in Cambridge, MA. Tim left us a powerful legacy and was central in shaping LNS’s focus and strategy. He is dearly missed. We are inviting Tim’s friends and colleagues to send in their thoughts...
by BrendanS | Dec 8, 2009 | Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, post
[Fifth in the series “Labor goes to Copenhagen] The effort to address the worst environmental catastrophe in human history is coming in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Business and governments have used economic...
by BrendanS | Dec 6, 2009 | post
[Fourth in the series “Labor goes to Copenhagen] One of the most contentious issues in climate negotiations is how to share the burden of climate protection between the rich developed countries of the North and the poor developing countries of the South. The...
by BrendanS | Dec 4, 2009 | post
[Third in the series “Labor Goes to Copenhagen] According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN-sponsored scientific body that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work, keeping global temperature within 2 degrees C of historic...
by BrendanS | Dec 2, 2009 | Just Transition, post
[Second in the series “Labor goes to Copenhagen”] At the core of global labor’s strategy for climate protection is the idea of a “just transition” to a low-carbon economy. A just transition means that the burden of change that benefits...
