Durban battle on climate regime’s future
Durban, 5 Dec (Martin Khor) – The two-week UN Climate Conference taking place in Durban is at mid-point and its prospect for success is not looking bright. The political leaders […]
Durban / Negociations
African Ministers Meet in Durban – African Countries to Stand Firm in Climate Negotiations
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Yesterday – Ministers from over 50 African countries met to reinforce their position, demanding an ambitious second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, effective action under […]
Recognise the Rights and Roles of Rural and Indigenous Women in Tackling Climate Change
by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development Women and men, due to their gender roles and existing unequal power relations between them, have different vulnerabilities and responses to […]
Waste Pickers Tout Only Truly Green Solution to Municipal Waste, Decry Dirty Energy
Durban, December 5, 2011 – Waste pickers attending COP17 today called for a Green Climate Fund with direct community access and an end to CDM “waste-to-energy” projects. Representatives from three […]
Durban: Stocktaking of CDM and Carbon Markets
by Payal Parekh The first week of the negotiations in Durban at the UN Climate talks are over, so it is a good time to take stock of new developments […]
Memorandum from the Rural Women’s Assembly to the UNFCCC, the government of the Republic of South Africa and the Governments of Africa
We the Rural Women’s Assembly of Southern Africa, meeting in Durban on the event of the 17th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in Durban from 30 November to 5 […]
The petroleum civilization at its limits (DECLARATION BY OILWATCH)
1. Despite the economic, environmental and social signs of the urgent and now unavoidable need to move away from dependence on fossil fuels, corporations, the financial system and the world’s […]
Civils snub Zuma’s African agri solution
by By Thobile Hans. Published in SABC. South African President Jacob Zuma’s declaration on “climate smart and carbon markets” as a climate change solution for African agriculture has raised suspicions […]
Deep divide over legal form
Durban, 2 Dec (Meena Raman) – Parties in the informal group on “legal options” for the form of the agreed outcome under the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action […]
Climate Smart Agriculture and carbon markets will be a disaster for Africa: Groups warn against Zuma’s agriculture prize at COP17
South African president Jacob Zuma has declared his intention to have a decision on Agriculture at the UN COP17 climate negotiations in Durban; while the World Bank is promoting so-called […]