The Change Away from The Center

Fletcher School MALD student, Josh Boyce, describes his experience during the second week of COP24. Josh provides details on the 4par1000 event on behalf of GDAE and Soil4Climate and expresses his optimism in combating climate change moving forward.

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A morning at the UNFCCC COP24 Indonesia Pavilion illustrates the tension behind common but differentiated responsibilities

Eliot Martin, a graduate student at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, provides insight into the events at COP24 in the Indonesia Pavilion. Eliot states that, “Indonesia now finds itself in a no-win position with a commodity that has become the backbone of its rural economy,” in regards to the extensive palm oil production occurring in the country.

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Equity within negotiations and without

Allison Meyer, a graduate student at Tufts University in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, writes about her first week at the COP24, emphasizing that the least privileged people are often the ones most affected by the effects of climate change. In particular, Allison discusses a panel she attended that focused on the displacement, loss of home, and loss of culture for the people of Tuvalu and indigenous communities in Alaska.

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Reflections from the First Day of COP24

Helen Mizrach, an undergraduate student studying Biopsychology with a minor in Food Systems and Nutrition at the School of Arts and Sciences, describes her first day at the COP 24. Helen provides details on the opening ceremony, the inauguration of the Climate Action Hub, a compelling discussion about the intersection of religion and climate change by Gyalwang Drupka, and a workshop on agriculture.

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