MADRE Articles
Articles with keyword "Climate Change"
Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change
Posted on: Thursday, November 8, 2012
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Climate Change
The disruption of Hurricane Sandy has brought climate change back to the forefront of politics. It's a stark reminder of the disasters that threaten people worldwide - unless we do more to avert them.
Don't Put Monsanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa
Posted on: Monday, May 21, 2012
Keywords: Africa, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Food Sovereignty
We're never going to end hunger in Africa without upholding the rights of women farmers.
Women Rally to Protect Mother Earth
Posted on: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Nicaragua, Sudan, Kenya, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Climate Change
This Earth Day, let's cultivate the solutions that women are developing in communities worldwide.
Sudanese Women Farmers Point the Way toward Food Security Worldwide: "As mothers and as farmers, the future depends on us."
Posted on: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change, Sudan, Environmental Justice
It's hard to imagine any bright spots in the midst of the famine that has gripped the Horn of Africa this summer.
Local Women's Organizations in Kenya and Sudan Connect Through MADRE (Video)
Posted on: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change, Sudan, Environmental Justice
Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of Womankind Kenya Receives a Gift from Zenab for Women in Development.
East Africa's Unnatural Disaster
Posted on: Friday, September 2, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
This famine is more than just a "natural" disaster. Its roots are man-made.
The Avoidable Famine: Emergency Response Must Address Root Causes of Environmental Disasters
Posted on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
This famine could have been avoided. The starvation is the result of a perfect storm of climate change, political chaos and bad economic policies.
MADRE Meets With Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of Womankind Kenya (Video)
Posted on: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
Hubbie discusses the various challenges women and their families face as they flee the famine in Somalia.
On Earth Day and Every Day, Women Protect the Planet
Posted on: Friday, April 22, 2011
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Sudan, Nicaragua, Kenya, Earth Day
MADRE's sisters are on the cutting edge of sustainable alternatives to climate change and environmental degradation.
Climate Change and Women's Human Rights: The MADRE Model
Posted on: Friday, December 4, 2009
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, UN, Water Rights
Evidence is mounting that sustainable agriculture is our best hope for feeding a growing population and restoring the stability of the climate. Worldwide, the vast majority of those who farm sustainably are women. Securing the full range of their human...
What's Agriculture Got To Do with Climate Change?
Posted on: Monday, November 30, 2009
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, UN, Food Sovereignty
We tend to think of cars as the main culprits in climate change. But industrial agriculture, with its fossil-fuel-based fertilizers and pesticides, monoculture plantations, fuel-guzzling global transport system, and clear-cutting of carbon-absorbing forests is the source of as much as...
A Women's Rights-based Approach to Climate Change
Posted on: Monday, November 30, 2009
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, UN
From December 7-18, representatives of 192 governments, UN agencies and civil society organizations will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate a deal aimed at stabilizing the Earth’s climate. Climate change is already happening, so governments need to act fast to reduce...
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples for Food Sovereignty
Posted on: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Keywords: Indigenous Rights, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Food Sovereignty
Representatives of Indigenous Peoples from the regions of Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, North America, Africa and Northern Europe, gathered at the Global Forum for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty in Rome from the 13th to the 17th of November 2009.Reaffirming our...
New Year, No Resolutions on Climate Change
Posted on: Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Climate Change
With the dramatic wrap-up of the UN climate change conference in Bali, 2007 is drawing to a close. Now we have seven short years—until 2015—to reverse the rise of greenhouse gas emissions and avoid a global temperature increase of two...
What is Biodiversity?
Posted on: Saturday, December 8, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Climate Change
Biodiversity (short for biological diversity) refers to the variety and patterns of life on Earth, encompassing everything from small genetic differences within and between species to the range of ecosystems—including forests, wetlands, deserts, mountains, lakes, oceans, and agricultural landscapes—that form...
Deforestation, Climate Change, and Women's Human Rights
Posted on: Saturday, December 8, 2007
Keywords: Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Climate Change
Forests are finite natural resources that provide climate stability, food, water, fuel, medicine, building material and cultural contexts that sustain life as we know it. By disabling the carbon-cycling capacity of the Earth, deforestation threatens the survival both of people...
Food for Life
Posted on: Saturday, October 6, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Food Sovereignty, Climate Change
Your Lunch's Link to Climate Change, Biodiversity and Global Justice This year, the UN Meteorological Organization warned of record-breaking extreme weather on every continent. Around the world, wars are raging over natural...
Feed People, Not Cars: Agrofuels are no Solution to Climate Change
Posted on: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Food Sovereignty
Why is Energy a Women's Issue? In most of the Global South women are responsible for collecting household fuel for cooking, lighting, and other family needs. Most of this energy is derived from natural resources such as...
A Women's Rights-based Approach to Climate Change: What Do Women's Human Rights have to do with Global Warming?
Posted on: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Emergency Relief, Climate Change
Women living in poverty are the most threatened by the dangers that stem from global warming. They are also key actors in ensuring their communities' ability to cope with and adapt to climate change. When we approach climate...
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