Carbon Emissions Hit a New Record
By Environment Editor March 14 (Sydney Morning Herald) — GREENHOUSE gases have risen to their highest level since modern humans evolved, and Australian temperatures are now about a degree warmer […]
Obama to Decide Greenhouse-Gas Cap Seen Blocking New Coal Plants
By Mark Drajem March 9 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is close to issuing the first U.S. greenhouse-gas limits, rules that may preclude the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
La Vía Campesina Call to action: Reclaiming our future: Rio +20 and Beyond
On 20-22 June 2012, governments from around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to commemorate 20 years of the “Earth Summit”, the United Nations Conference on Environment […]
Technology committee decides on work plan, evaluation panel
Published in SUNS #7313 dated 21 February 2012 Geneva, 20 Feb (Meena Raman) – The second meeting of the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
Trade war looms over EU’s tax on airlines
Published in SUNS #7313 dated 21 February 2012 Geneva, 20 Feb (Martin Khor) – A trade war is looming over the European Union’s move to impose charges on airlines on […]
BASIC Ministers reaffirm Durban process not to renegotiate Climate Convention
Bonn, 15 February, 2012 (Meena Raman)- BASIC Ministers, in a joint-statement issued at the conclusion of their 10th Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change from February 13-14, 2012 in New Delhi, […]
The EU’s Emissions Trading System Isn’t Working
By Alexander Jung Emissions trading, the European Union hoped, would limit the release of harmful greenhouse gases. But it isn’t working. The price for emissions certificates has plunged, a development […]
Civil Society at the UN Climate Change Conference: African Activism at COP17
by Katherine Austin-Evelyn In early December 2011, Durban, South Africa hosted the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), otherwise known as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The […]
UN Climate Conference:The Durban Disaster
By Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle This year’s UN Climate Conference of the Parties (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa, nicknamed “The Durban Disaster,” took the dismal track record of the […]
Pablo Solon – At the heart of our society is Mother Earth
Pablo Solon, speaking on “Rights of Nature and Climate Politics” at a Harold Wolpe Lecture at the UKZN Centre for Civil Society in conjunction with COP17 on Friday December 2 […]