Unearthing the Impact: Soil’s Crucial Role in Climate Change

By Jasmine Sone As I sit here contemplating the future of our food, a disturbing fact enters my mind: only roughly 60 harvests are left in our topsoil. That’s all. It takes 1,000 years to produce three centimeters of topsoil, and if the current degradation rate continues, it is projected that the world’s topsoil might …

Exhibit Adventures: My Top Picks from COP28’s Exhibits

By Jasmine Sone Step into the captivating world of COP28 exhibitions, where ideas are showcased in brilliant shades of sustainability. The halls of COP28 were not merely places for debate but also galleries of inspiration, with collections that echoed the heartbeat of our planet’s future. The vivid and inventive displays across the Blue and Green …

The Catholic Church’s Role in Climate Action

By Mckenna Ryan and April Kwan Even home sick at the Vatican, Pope Francis has been making a historical impact at this year’s COP. Since his 2015 publication of Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Common Home (six months before historic COP21, no less), Pope Francis has cemented the Catholic Church as a powerful ally …

In the Spirit of Talanoa Dialogue

By Riss Banuelos The Talanoa Dialogue is an Asian-Pacific-inspired storytelling process used in conflict mitigation, “Tala-” meaning story and “-noa” meaning without concealment or blame. This process was brought to the world of climate work as a “gift” from the Fijian President of COP23. The Colorado College delegation hosted two Talanoa-spirited dialogues, one amongst ourselves …

Watch Live: CC Students Participate on Panel “Empowering youth engagement in climate action, solutions, and policy addressing global challenges.”

Two CC students, Zoraiz Zafar ’25 and Lucy Kramer ’26, will join others from Moravian University, Michigan Tech, Uinversity of Connecticut, and Monash University (Australia), in a high-profile discussion about how educational institutions can engage and empower youth contributions to work on climate action. Join this discussion live at 5:45 am, Mountain Time (with strong …

Surreal Moments, Real Impact: My Journey at COP28

Over the course of this ongoing block, I have had the incredible opportunity to attend COP28, the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Dubai, as part of our class, ‘AN380 Engaging COP28 in Dubai as Ethnographers.’ While I had been relatively aware of the grandiose nature of this global event, nothing could have prepared …

Day 1 @ COP 28 From the perspective of Tristan Durocher ’25

Day one was a whirlwind event, beginning with an almost hour long metro ride from our hotel to the COP 28 venue at Expo City 2020 . The metro ride was notably smooth, and although crowded at our stop, most people disembarked at the Sobha Realty, presumably for work, despite it being 10 am. Once …

Are United Nations Climate Summits Growing Too Big?

Sarah Hautzinger (Professor of Anthropology) Each year, the signatory countries to the 2015 Paris Agreement and previous conventions gather in what is called a “COP,” for Conference of the Parties. COP28 in Dubai (Nov 30-Dec 12) is hosting a jaw-dropping number of attendees, reaching over 100,000 registered delegates (with some 3,000 registered virtually). By comparison, …

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