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From climate crisis to climate justice

On Monday, I was a panelist at the United Edge online learning event on climate justice. This is my second time to be invited by United Edge. In November last year, I spoke on the climate breakdown and had a really interesting exchange with participants, many of whom were development workers who were working on justice. The Monday event was sort of a sequel for that one, as it pursues the idea of climate justice. The online learning session was attended by 110 participants from many countries. It was a pleasure seeing again my friends Matt Kletzing and Daniel Bevan who founded United Edge and sharing the screen with Doni Marmer and Shikar Agarwal as fellow panelists with Will Midwinter as host, and Grace Tan-Johannes and Sagar Kafle as moderators.

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The power of a story

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Last month, I attended the Contextual Analysis Workshop in Sihanoukville, organized by the United Nations in Cambodia and the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.  It aimed to look at the socio-economic and political issues in the province of Preah Sihanouk, the country in general, as well as regional and international issues affecting Cambodia.

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