OP-ED: ‘Worse Than Copenhagen’: Why The Paris Climate Accord Is Scarcely Worth The Paper That It’s Written On

22. December 201516. September 2016 acTVism Munich LATEST, ARTICLES, PICTURES, IMPORT acTVism Munich, Bericht, Carbon, Climate, Climate Conference, climateaction, climatechange, COP21, Dimitri Lascaris, energy, France, Global Warming, Paris2015, parisagreement, Pariser Klimagipfel 6 Comments

dimitri lascaris daily reports from paris climate change conference pariser klimagipfel

On December 12, 2015, world leaders finally struck a global climate accord in Paris, France. The announcement of the accord was accompanied by the predictable orgy of self-congratulation: world leaders breathlessly declared their agreement to be “historic” and “ambitious,” and a “turning point for the world.” The corporate press dutifully regurgitated the superlatives gushing from […]

Refugees in Munich – acTVism Report

12. September 201516. September 2016 Zain Raza LATEST, ARTICLES, PICTURES, OUR CONTENT acTVism Munich, Bavaria, Bayern, Bericht, Democracy, European Union, flüchtlinge wilkommen, Fluechtlinge, Germany, Hauptbahnhof, HBF, Iraq, Judith Pawlos, Krieg, Krise, München, Munich, Refugees, refugees welcome, Syria, Syrien, Zain Raza Leave a comment

Today I spent some time around local grassroots organizers/activists and the hundreds of ‪#‎refugees‬ coming into Munich thanks to one of the organizers, Judith Pawlos. At the moment, the support system for refugees is ice thin as there is no guarantee for the core team that volunteers will show up the next day as well. […]