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Dr. phil. David Williams

Director, International Climate Justice Programme, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Regionalbüro Vereinte Nationen und Nordamerika, New York

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Climate Crisis in the City

Introduction | 15.07.2024Cli­mate Crisis in the City

Around the world, urban centres are struggling to cope with the effects of climate change

Fighting the Climate Crisis in Southwest Brooklyn

Essay | 12.07.2024Fight­ing the Cli­mate Crisis in South­w­est Brook­lyn

How the community organization UPROSE is responding to increased heat and flooding

Safe as Houses

Feature | 11.07.2024Safe as Houses

How the climate crisis is making the housing crisis worse — and how we can fight back

Hypocrisy and Dystopia in Bonn

Comment | 25.06.2024Hy­po­crisy and Dysto­pia in Bonn

Climate finance and global conflicts will dominate climate policy in the coming months

Why the Climate Justice Movement Cares about Gaza

Interview | 13.03.2024Why the Cli­mate Justice Move­ment Cares about Gaza

Climate activists across the world have rallied behind the Palestinian cause. Will their German…

Loopholes, False Solutions, and Empty Promises

Comment | 15.12.2023Loop­holes, False Solu­tions, and Empty Prom­ises

The consensus reached at COP28 satisfied no one — except for the big polluters

The Debt and Climate Crises Intersected in Marrakesh

Comment | 02.11.2023The Debt and Cli­mate Crises In­ter­sec­ted in Mar­rakesh

The 2023 IMF-WBG Annual Meetings showed how environmental and economic questions are intertwined

Bonn: A Critical Juncture on the Road to COP28 in Dubai

Comment | 20.06.2023Bonn: A Crit­ical Junc­ture on the Road to COP28 in Dubai

Recent climate change negotiations revealed a widening gap between Global North and South

We Know the Damage, but Who Will Foot the Bill?

Comment | 22.03.2023We Know the Dam­age, but Who Will Foot the Bill?

The latest IPCC makes it clear: the rich must pay for climate justice

A Tale of Two COPs

Comment | 06.12.2022A Tale of Two COPs

There were both historic wins as well as serious failures at this year’s UN climate conference

No Chance of Romance without Climate Finance

Analysis | 02.11.2022No Chance of Ro­mance without Cli­mate Fin­ance

Main polluters of the climate crisis do not pay enough for compensation of damages and losses

An Exercise in Smoke and Mirrors?

Analysis | 22.03.2022An Ex­er­cise in Smoke and Mir­rors?

A climate justice perspective on the outcomes of COP26

No Climate Justice without Gender Equality

Interview | 11.03.2022No Cli­mate Justice without Gender Equal­ity

In conversation with feminist climate activist Emilia Reyes about the upcoming UN Commission on the…

An Atlas of Human Suffering

Comment | 03.03.2022An At­las of Hu­man Suf­fer­ing

The latest IPCC report confirms: unless we make drastic changes soon, climate change will affect…

More Than Hot Air?

Comment | 19.11.2021More Than Hot Air?

An initial assessment of the outcomes at COP26

Climate Justice, not False Solutions!

Comment | 01.11.2021Cli­mate Justice, not False Solu­tions!

The last 25 years of international climate negotiations have been 25 years of missed opportunities.

Understanding Adaptation and “Loss and Damage” in the Climate Negotiations

Comment | 29.10.2021Un­der­stand­ing Ad­apt­a­tion and “Loss and Dam­age” in the Cli­mate Ne­go­ti­ations

With a 1.5-degree temperature rise locked in, COP26 must do more to address its impact on the…