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News: November 9, 2021
Youth Activists Speak Out at COP26 – Livestream with IOF
This year’s UN Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow arrived with much anticipation and urgency. In the wake of the latest…

News: November 8, 2021
Getting Back on Track with Zero Waste
Determined to overcome pandemic challenges and interruptions, schools in SGA’s Zero Waste Schools-Lake County Program have made it a priority…

News: November 8, 2021
IOF Youth Dispatch – Fighting for the Future in the Streets
I began my day not with going to the Blue Zone for the UN climate change conference as I have…

News: November 8, 2021
Al Gore Brings More Inconvenient Truths and Some Hope
Al Gore Should Be Knighted Al Gore in front of a packed house in the heads of states plenary room…

News: November 5, 2021
Words are One Thing. Actions are Another.
The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), finds that despite increased climate ambitions…

News: November 4, 2021
Small Island Nations Show Big Leadership on Oceans and Climate. Big Nations Must Follow.
While the world’s expectations were that COP26 would be a culmination of raised commitments and a turning point in the…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Centering Indigenous Voices and Youth Activism
My day 3 began with a visit to a Pavillion on Nuclear Energy. When we reached the pavilion, a woman…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Learning from Tonga and Gina McCarthy
I began my second day with a laterflow COVID test, a requirement to enter the blue zone to ensure the…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Bill Gates Sighting and NPR Interview
Today was the first day that the five of us high schoolers attended the UN Climate Conference, and the day…

News: November 3, 2021
World Leaders Pledge to End Deforestation by 2030
Another lively day at COP26. Here are some highlights: Deforestation Agreement First Major Deal at COP26 Over 100 world leaders…

News: November 2, 2021
COP26 Day 2: Countries Struggle to Commit to Necessary Action
Despite the long lines and issues the planners have had getting the 25,000+ attendees into the Scottish Event Center for…

News: November 1, 2021
“Paris promised. Glasgow must deliver,” warns COP26 President Alok Sharma
The UN Climate Summit, COP26, officially opened Sunday, October 31st, with delegates from close to 200 countries and NGO observer…