Test Drive December 2015 | Page 32

COMMUNITY FEAR AND HOPE In the City of Lights U ntil November 13, the name “Paris” was on many people’s lips because of the upcoming UN climate change conference taking place there November 30 - December 11. Environmental leaders all over the world have looked to this conference as a time to make unprecedented and urgently needed commitments to halt the progress of climate change while the planet is still habitable. On November 13, the name “Paris” became synonymous with a devastating cluster of bombings and shootings that killed 132 people in the City of Lights. Voices of urgent concern for our climate mom