How not to tackle climate change and call it a success: the Durban package
Nele Marien (*) The official package deal of Durban consisted of 4 main documents, apart of several other decisions, most of them less critical, that have been adopted:
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Farming Carbon Credits a Con for Africa: The many faces of Climate Smart Agriculture
By Teresa Anderson, The Gaia Foundation (16 December 2011) -African Agriculture has been ignored by UN Climate Change discussions!” bellowed the South African minister for Agriculture, Tina Joemat-Pettersen at the high-level […]
Showdown at the Durban Disaster: Challenging the ‘Big Green’ Patriarchy
By Anne Petermann, Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project Dedicated to Judi Bari, Emma Goldman, my mother and all of the other strong women who inspire me An action loses […]
The Durban Package: “Laisser faire, laisser passer”
By Pablo Solon (December 14, 2011) The Climate Change Conference ended two days later than expected, adopting a set of decisions that were known only a few hours before their […]
Farmers Condemn the Durban Platform: Sustainable peasant agriculture is the genuine solution to climate change
(Jakarta, 16 December 2011) La Via Campesina, the global movement of peasants, small-scale and agricultural family farmers, denounces the attempts of the largest carbon emitters to further escape their historic […]
NUMSA CENTRAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT
COP 17 & Class Struggle: Amidst the deepening crisis of climate change and in the context of the COP17 negotiations that were taking place in Durban, the National Union of […]
AWGLCA Chair transmits report for adoption despite strong protests
Geneva, Dec 14 (Meena Raman) – Despite strong concerns raised by many developing countries over the lack of balance in the report of the outcome of the work of the […]
Climate: Disastrous “Durban Package” Accelerates Onset of Climate Catastrophe
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 13 DECEMBER 2011 – The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the world a significant step back by further undermining an already flawed, […]
Major clash of paradigms in launch of new climate talks
Geneva, 13 December (Meena Raman) – The main outcome of the two-week UNFCCC Durban climate change conference was the launching of a new round of negotiations known as the Durban […]
Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco and Demand Moratoria on REDD+
December 14, 2011 – Indigenous leaders returning from Durban, South Africa condemn the fiasco of the United Nations climate change talks and demand a moratorium on a forest carbon offset […]