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Photo Highlights from AN380
Photos from AN380’s time in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Graphic Recording to Capture COP27
By Olivia Jacobson I have been including doodles in my notes for a long time now. Though often cast as evidence of distraction, I only doodle when I’m most engaged. Adding visual representation into note-taking practices helps to process and interpret information. Below I’ve included excerpts from the journal I kept throughout our block abroad …
Coca-Cola and COP27
By Reeve Schroeder After hours of walking from one event to another in the hot sun, I was consistently craving a cold, refreshing drink. I will admit, I usually went for a Fanta. Coming from the United States, finding soda in glass bottles is exciting, and I might be making this up, but the Fanta …
Resistance at COP27
By Mary Andrews Throughout my time at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, I have grown to understand why so many climate justice activists feel exasperated at, and even threatened by the goings on of the conference. I have sat in on panels, taken notes at roundtables, attended press conferences, and even listened to president Biden’s speech, …
A look into net-zero pledges, and what some indigenous leaders have to say
By Owen Brown In response to the growing demands of climate change, many organizations have pledged to curb their emissions to net-zero. This sentiment is essential to slowing the effects of climate change, but there are many downsides, such as carbon offsets, generational impact, and a lack of accountability for what it actually means to …
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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 …
Swiss newspaper interviews CC student at COP27
The Swiss newspaper, Le Temps, features Mika Alexander ’23 in an interview about youth involvement at COP27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZVnqV91v4
CC students speak in press conferences at COP27
Mika Alexander ’23, Mary Andrews ’23, Cecilia Timberg ’24, and Gracie Roe ’25 speak at a press conference about storytelling based on the Talanoa Dialogue. Olivia Jacobson ’22 and Mary Andrews ’23 speak in a press conference about the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education. Owen Brown ’24, Reeve Schroeder ’24, and Gracie Roe ’25 …
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Creating Community at NYT Climate Forward
By Mika Alexander In all honesty, I was nervous walking into COP27. Despite knowing I would be engaging in an international space, I arrived hyper-aware of my position as a woman of color surrounded by high-level negotiators, many of whom are elder men. For context, I am pretty used to my existence remaining unacknowledged in …
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