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News: November 16, 2022
COP27 Final Dispatch: Recommitments and Reflections
The IOF crew gathering on their last night at COP27. By Gary CuneenPresident BidenThe It’s Our Future team was able…

News: November 11, 2022
COP27 November 11th Dispatch: Natural gas, oceans, and more
Leading climate activist and writer, Bill McKibben, at a protest outside COP. By Gary CuneenNatural Gas and Climate GoalsWith protests…

News: November 11, 2022
COP27 November 10th Dispatch: Challenges of Transparency and Reporting
By Gary CuneenI attended a high-level session with the ministers and managers of various countries on ghg emissions tracking and…

News: November 10, 2022
COP27 Youth Dispatch: The Drive to Serve Nature
By Antonio Padilla, IOF Youth DelegateDuring the beginning of this adventure, I was running wild with eagerness, a spirit which…

News: November 10, 2022
COP27 November 9th Dispatch: Just Transition and Finance
By Gary CuneenJust TransitionIn the opening round table on just transition there was agreement on what just transition means moving…

News: November 9, 2022
COP27 Youth Dispatch: One Family, One Humanity
Victoria Evans introduces audience members in the Children & Youth Pavilion to IOF and Seven Generations Ahead By Victoria Evans,…

News: November 8, 2022
COP27 November 8th Dispatch: Emergency Mode
By Gary CuneenUN Chief Antonio Guterres, in his opening remarks spoke in his usually strong tone of urgency, warning world…

News: November 7, 2022
COP27 Youth Dispatch: A Peek Into the Start of COP27
By Fatima Perez, IOF Youth DelegateAfter what felt like an eternal journey to arrive at Sharm El Sheikh, we eagerly…

News: November 7, 2022
COP27 November 7th Dispatch: Moving Past Pledges and Promises
By Gary CuneenCOP27 President and Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry in the COP27 opening plenary stated that nations must…

News: November 7, 2022
COP27 November 6th Dispatch: It’s Complicated
By Gary CuneenIt’s an odd experience being here in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – a gorgeous coastal beach resort at the…

News: October 26, 2022
From the Mideast to the Midwest: Chicagoland Activists Headed to UN Climate Summit
Oak Park, IL – Chicagoland environmental nonprofit Seven Generations Ahead (SGA) is taking their climate advocacy international again this year.…

News: October 25, 2022
Meet our COP27 Delegates!
It's that time of year again! We're headed to this year's UN Climate Summit, COP27, in early November, and we're…