The peasant view of Cancún talks: ‘They want to turn the air into a commodity’
As the world’s politicians gather, protesters march against the Cancún climate change summit’s ‘false solutions’
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Getting to the roots of deforestation
On the eve of COP16, the Global Forest Coalition has released a new report: “Getting to the Roots. The underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and drivers of forest […]
The three Rio Conventions: Real Synergies or dominance by the Climate Convention?
Helena Paul, EcoNexus References to potential synergies between the three Rio conventions are to be found scattered through the texts under discussion, notably in agenda item 5.6 Biodiversity and Climate […]
Risky Climate Techno-fixes Blocked
Geoengineering Moratorium at UN Ministerial in Japan News Release, 29 October 2010, ETC Group NAGOYA, Japan – In a landmark consensus decision, the 193-member UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) […]
Cochabamba proposals will be brought to Cancun
Communique by the Plurinational State of Bolivia (October 10, 2010 – Tianjin, China) The proposals of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth have […]
CJN! members call on governments to support Cochabamba proposals
During the last Climate Talks in Bonn in August some concrete proposals were brought to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order to advance the negotiations […]
Civil Society to UN Advisory Group on Climate Finance: You Are ‘On the Wrong Track’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2010 As the UN Secretary General’s High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) works to complete a review of sources of climate funding by […]
This is our way of life — when are you going to face yours?
I speak on behalf of Baida, sitting by my side, who does not speak English. My name is Baida Bai Gaikwad and I am a member of Kagad Kach Patra […]
CJ in the USA: Root-cause remedies, rights, reparations and representation
Grassroots organizers around the world and across the United States are cultivating living visions of resilience in the rich soil of community. Urban and rural, South and North, organized acts […]
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SPACE FOR MOVEMENT?: Reflections from Bolivia on climate justice, social movements and the state In the wake of the failed COP-15 in Copenhagen last December, Bolivia’s first indigenous president called […]