COP17: The Great Escape III, by Pablo Solon
by Pablo Solon (*) After 9 days of negotiations there is no doubt that we saw this movie before. It is the third remake of Copenhagen and Cancun. Same actors. […]
Events
World Bank & developed country plans for Agriculture carbon markets a threat to Africa – Lessons from Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement
At the UN Climate Change negotiations in Durban this week, the World Bank and developed countries are claiming that agriculture carbon offsets will bring money for African agriculture.
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 […]
From Copenhagen to Cancun to Durban:Behind the politics of climate change
by Hewa Nzuri This year is a critical one for the global climate change negotiations. Durban, South Africa will play host to the UN Conference of Parties (COP 17) later […]
The climate justice approach and the politics of climate change
by Lim Li Lin The climate change talks have been going on for a long time. Since Rio in 1992, when the Climate Convention was adopted, there have been 16 […]
After Cancun: Building the movement for climate justice
Après Cancun : FSM à Dakar, G8 – G20, Durban, comment construire le mouvement de la justice climatique ? from Alter-Echos on Vimeo.
La Vía Campesina Declaration in Cancun
The thousands of solutions to the climate crisis are in the hands of the people The members of La Vía Campesina, coming from 29 Mexican states and 36 countries from […]
Climate Justice in Durban
Our friends from Durban sent two documents to present the South African and Durban Climate Justice coalition. Climate Justice in South Africa Dec 2011 Durban COP CJ alternatives
South-South summit on climate justice and finance
Cancun Declaration We, peoples’ organizations from throughout the global South, representing a diversity of networks in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean, convened in Cancun, Mexico, for […]
Cancún Betrayal: UNFCCC Unmasked as WTO of the Sky
Cancún, Mexico — As representatives of Indigenous peoples and communities already suffering the immediate impacts of climate change, we express our outrage and disgust at the agreements that have emerged […]