Durban, 8 Dec (Payal Parekh and Trudi Zundel) – The establishment of a new market-based mechanism for mitigation actions continues to be discussed with differing views among Parties to the […]
by OILWATCH SOUTH EAST ASIA The stage for the failure of climate talks has been set long before the 17th Conference of Parties (COP) in Durban, South Africa. The United […]
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Today – Civil society leaders from across Africa, with support from global movements, launched a letter to climate negotiators that warns that focusing on launching a […]
As COP17 draws to a close the only game in town are the market-based mechanisms that are false solutions to climate change. The same institutions, corporations and governments who have […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]