COP27: Almost nothing–but something real–changed
November 28, 2022 | The loss-and-damage breakthrough at the latest global climate confab has put equity front and center of the debate.
Articles by Tom Athanasiou
Can we Afford a Fair Global Climate Transition?
April 19, 2022 | The cost of transformation is not cheap, but consider the alternatives.
Biden’s Climate Agenda—What’s Missing?
May 10, 2021 | A fair-shares approach to global climate justice could help save the “net zero 2050” strategy.
Why All Working People Should Support the Iran Deal
September 4, 2015 | We’ll never rebuild this country if we keep wasting money on war.
Occupy and the Climate Negotiations
November 17, 2011 | The problem here is "governance failure." Or maybe we should just call it "decadence." The United States may at this point be so weakened by rot and ideology that it is unable even to act in its own interests, let alone the interests of its people, let alone the interests of humanity as a whole.
Tax Justice as Climate Justice
May 16, 2011 | You don't have to leave America to go to the Third World.
Spotlight Cancun: Cancun Success – Compared to What?
December 15, 2010 | Cancun was not a surprise. Nor was it a failure. This much is easy to say.
The Cancun Setup
November 29, 2010 | Discouragement is already in the air in the lead-up to the Cancun talks, but hope must stay on the table.
Toward a Defensible Climate Realism
February 5, 2008 | Its time to go beyond dubious political compromises and get real about global warming.
Where We Stand: Honesty about Dangerous Climate Change, and about Preventing it
December 6, 2005 | We stand, first, with the emerging scientific consensus, which tells us we have very little time to act if we honestly expect to avoid a global (as opposed to a merely local) climate catastrophe.