LA VIA CAMPESINA DURBAN DECLARATION
Assembly of the Oppressed, 5th December 2011, Durban, South Africa Articles pictures and videos from Durban on www.viacampesina.org As the Assembly of the Oppressed we are gathered here to demand […]
COP 17 Durban
TAR SANDS PUSHERS WELCOMED TO UN CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
Durban, South Africa (6/12/11)–Members of the Canadian Youth Delegation and the Indigenous Environmental Network held a welcome party to formally receive Environment Minister Peter Kent and his tar sands pushers […]
Pressure mounts for COP President to exclude coal power projects from UN offsetting scheme
Durban, South Africa, 6 December. As countries are negotiating the global climate crisis, an open letter sent by a broad coalition of green groups including Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of […]
A dirty deal coming down in Durban
By Patrick Bond, The Mercury, Eye on Society column What, now, are the prospects for a climate deal by Friday? The biggest problem is obvious: COP17 saboteurs from the US […]
Divergent Views on Market Approaches
Durban, 5 Dec (Payal Parekh) – The Informal group on various approaches, including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind […]
Reactions to “amalgamation draft texts”
Durban, 6 Dec (Meena Raman) – As Ministers from many countries land in Durban, Parties under the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWGLCA) under the UNFCCC are busy […]
Second commitment period remains elusive
Durban, 5 Dec (Chee Yoke Ling and Xu Chengcheng) – At the end of the first week of the Durban climate negotiations, Parties to the Kyoto Protocol were presented with […]
“International Campaign on Climate Refugees’ Rights” Demanded New Legal Institutional Framework at Durban UN Talks
[Durban, 6 December 2011] Speakers in a public dialogue said that climate change catastrophe not only pose a mortal danger but also lead to the destruction of the means of […]
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development Statement
We acknowledge that “gender” has gained recognition and that gender language has been included in the official documents and appears in many projects or side events at the COP17. However, […]