Climate and Development

A couple days ago, we blogged about NBC Nightly News’ ongoing series on climate change’s impact on the developing world. Last night’s segment focused on the drought in Kenya. You can watch the clip below, and read Martin Fletcher’s in-depth report from northern Kenya here.

Check out these great videos of Bob Geldof discussing the vast effects of climate change in Ethiopia. Bob recently returned to Ethiopia to 25 years after events like Live Aid that helped inspire millions of people around the world to take action in the fight extreme poverty.
Remember to keep checking the ONE Blog where we’ll be posting frequent updates from the climate summit in Copenhagen.

As Copenhagen’s Climate Conference continues, faith groups continue to lift up their voice. Here’s the latest from Joel Edwards, International Director of The Micah Challenge (and ONE partner), reminding us how important these climate talks are to the world’s poor.

As you know, the climate change talks in Copenhagen kicked off on Monday.

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams is running a new series this week to coincide with the climate summit in Copenhagen. Last night’s segment focuses on the effect of climate change on impoverished communities in Bangladesh.