Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), and Anamarija Frankic, director of the Green Boston Harbor Project (GBH) at the Center for Governance and Sustainability (pictured together at left) are in agreement about at least two things: the importance of action, not talk, on climate issues, and the importance [...]

In North Durban, the Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve is a 76 hectare reserve with the largest population of mangrove trees still remaining in the Durban area. Mangroves are at first sight ungainly trees, with rough bark and contorted branches, but they are a critical part of coastal ecosystems, providing shoreline protection from storm surge and [...]

COP17 Climate Awareness Side Event Panel Anamarija Frankic, director of the Green Boston Harbor Project (GBH) at the Center for Governance and Sustainability, was a panelist at the Dec. 1, 2011 COP17 Climate Change Awareness Side Event.  The panel, Green Economy: Powering Climate Solutions, hosted by environmental and international organizations including UNEP, UNESCO, UNICEF, and [...]

The Global Ocean Forum and the South African Government Department of Environmental Affairs, along with number of other international and environmental organizations, hosted Oceans Day at Durban on Dec., 3, 2011. The day brought issues of oceans and coasts to the UNFCCC, highlighting both the critical roles oceans play in regulating earth’s climate as well [...]

Faith and secular leaders from many traditions gathered in Durban on December 2nd, 2011 to sign a historic Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change.   Those present included Bishop Geoff Davis representing Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu,  Christiana Figueres, head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mohandas Gandhi and a [...]