The COP27 climate conference is already underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Before we delve into what we can expect from it, let’s look back at last year’s COP26 and why it ended up being widely criticized as non-inclusive and superficial. COP26...
Unless you are well-to-do, there is no guarantee that you will not become a climate refugee. The UNHCR estimates that 23.9 million had to flee from climate-related disasters in 2019, especially from extreme storms and flood disasters. Developed...
In the view of the upcoming COP27 to be held in November, record 1.5, a new movement that aims to record the events of the climate crisis is planning to produce a documentary to record the sense of crisis in turbulent social change. The record 1.5...
Fridays for Future Japan will be holding another exciting climate march tomorrow, 23 September, in their relentless passion to inspire climate action in Japan. The global climate march is a global event organized by Fridays for Future youths around...
Momentum is picking up for a(n)action, which had a very successful crowdfunding project for climate clocks this year. a(n)action has been installing a climate clock each month from July to September. To date, there are four climate clocks in Shibuya...
Outside the supermarket today, a woman greeted me in the desperate way we have all been greeting each other this summer, whether friend or stranger; “Hot, isn’t it?” The weather report now talks not just about “mid-summer days,” but about...
The climate clock is a visual countdown of the time we have left to take action before climate change reaches a tipping point that will result in damages that lasts for centuries. It is why the countdown has been coined “the most important number in...
Come this Sunday, 10 July, Japan will hold an election for the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan’s National Diet. It represents a crucial opportunity for the country to address various issues and implement policies related to...
The small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries, which are particularly affected by climate change, are facing life-and-death problems as nations, such as loss of national land. Therefore, the United Nations Framework Convention on...
Trees have the ability to absorb CO2, but did you know that kelp has similar powers too? Kelp can absorb five times as much CO2 as cedar, plus it can grow up to four meters in just four months! Such hidden powers didn’t get unnoticed by...