DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Yesterday – Ministers from over 50 African countries met to reinforce their position, demanding an ambitious second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, effective action under […]
The Global Day of Action (GDA) is a traditional and important event at UNFCCC COPs. The primary action is a mass march of international and national community, labour, women, youth, […]
WILL AFRICA LEAD THE WORLD WHERE RICH COUNTRIES HAVE FAILED? DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 2 December 2011 – Continued strong and united leadership by African governments is essential at the UN […]
African Climate Policy Centre Report on ‘Fast Start Finance’ DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Today – The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), the technical arm of the Climate for Development in […]
Durban: In Canada and the United Kingdom, Indigenous activists and their supporters targeted Shell today for violating agreements made with Indigenous communities in Canada. In Durban, site of the ongoing […]
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has been identified as the site of this year’s COP17 alternative space, known as the ‘People’s Space’, where national and international civil society will come […]
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE & LA VIA CAMPESINA NORTH AMERICA GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION DECEMBER 3: 1000 DURBANS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE December 5: Via Campesina International Food Sovereignty Day to […]
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 […]
by Nnimmo Bassey PAMBAZUKA NEWS: What role will Environmental Rights Action (ERA) and Friends of the Earth International be playing at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban? What […]
by Hewa Nzuri The climate change meeting in Durban in December is crucial to the future not just of Africans, but of people around the world. Climate justice and climate […]