https://spacewatch.global/tag/global-space-conference-on-climate-change/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 06 May 2025 07:27:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/global-space-conference-on-climate-change/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-gloc2023-frustrations-and-encouraging-takeaways/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 07:50:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49404 The climate crisis keeps me up most nights. It occupies my thoughts persistently, and induces profound concern with climate-related matters, leading to intense emotional distress, sadness, and anger. I oscillate between feelings of hopelessness and experience a diminished interest and enjoyment in activities unrelated to climate and animal rights advocacy. I have to actively manage panic and anxiety attacks, depressive episodes, and there have been instances where I have felt physically ill due to the lack of action from global leaders.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-sinking-maldives-looks-to-the-stars/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 08:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49146
Written by Tom Gardner
The Maldives hosted its first ever space conference last month. The Space for Island Nations Conference 2023, or ‘SINC’ for short. Of course the name ‘SINC’ was chosen with a wink. Small island nations are in trouble. As the flattest country on Earth (an average of 1.2 metres above sea level and only 0.4% of land area), the threat posed to the Maldives by climate change has been known for decades.]]>