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The UN climate talks in Lima, Peru.
(PHOTO COURTESY OF UN CLIMATE CHANGE)
Article December 22, 2014

Looking Back on Lima and Looking Forward to Paris

So, was the Lima climate accord enough? Take a look at some of the highlights (and low lights) and decide for yourself.

The Athabaskans rely on an intact Arctic ecosystem for their survival.
(Photo courtesy of the Athabaskan Arctic Council)
case April 23, 2013

Protecting Human Rights by Reducing Black Carbon Emissions to Slow Arctic Warming

For millennia, the Arctic has been the earth’s air conditioning—it cools warm air from the equator and in the process establishes wind and weather patterns. But black carbon pollution threatens this essential cooling system. Black carbon, which is emitted by diesel engines, gas flaring, biomass burning and other industrial practices, can travel great distances from…

document April 23, 2013

AAC Petition (Summary)

document April 23, 2013

AAC Petition

document April 23, 2013

Arctic Athabaskan Territories (English)

document April 23, 2013

Arctic Athabaskan Territories (French)

Press Release April 23, 2013

Human Rights Petition to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions Urges Canada to Take Immediate Action

Arctic Athabaskan Council says rights violated by failure to slow rapid Arctic warming