After Years of Resistance from Developed Countries, “Loss and Damage” Funding is on the Agenda for COP27. Four Days Remain to Realize This Potential.

By Cecilia Timberg  “We are at the table gathering resources to help countries that need it with mitigation and adaptation,” said Ali Zaidi, White House Climate Advisor, responding to a question about whether the United States is going to support financing for loss and damage at COP27, the annual UN climate conference.  Dozens of hands …

Bus Connections: An Ode to Relationships Formed on the Periphery of COP27 in Egypt

By Cecilia Timberg  By the time I got on an Egypt-bound plane, I had sat through half a dozen risk mitigation meetings. The messaging was clear: don’t trust strangers, don’t get estranged from the group, it will all feel so strange. It was with this fear-forward attitude that I approached my first days in Sharm …

Our Voice @ COP27: Sustainable Development Goals

Cecilia Timberg, 24′, Gracie Roe, 25′ and Reeve Schroeder, 24′ present on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities During SDG 11’s group presentation, Mika Alexander, 23′, was asked to do an interview with a Swiss newspaper on the importance of youth voices in civil society. All 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals Within the space …

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