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, by Telesur
Developed nations will be judged by the world for what they are doing at the moment … we are not going to let them get away with it.
The Venezuelan delegation to the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, denounced Tuesday the attitude of developed countries in the world meeting for (…)
Copenhagen,
December 15, 2009 — Green Left Weekly — Just over a week into the December 7-18 United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen (COP15) , thousands of ordinary people from around the world have already participated in what is being billed as the “people’s climate summit”, (…)
, by REYES Oscar
As climate talks enter their final phase, Oscar Reyes outlines the hardball negotiating tactics being used to force a weak deal that favours industrialised nations.
With thousands of activists gearing up to “turn Copenhagen into Seattle” at protests on 16 December, the UN climate negotiations (…)
Ian Fry, the delegate from Tuvalu (a small island state in the Pacific Ocean), had a voice broken by emotion in the COP15 Plenary room Saturday morning when he pleaded for his country’s proposal for a Copenhagen legally-binding agreement limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial. (…)
, by Klimaforum09
SUMMARY
There are solutions to the climate crisis. What people and the planet need is a just and sustainable transition of our societies to a form that will ensure the rights of life and dignity of all peoples and deliver a more fertile planet and more fulfilling lives to future generations. (…)
, by ATTAC (Africa)
PRESS RELEASE OF THE AFRICAN ATTAC NETWORK ON COPENHAGEN COUNCIL
EMERGENCY
LET US SAVE THE PLANET, LET US SAVE AFRICA
No to the commodification of the climate
Another world, social, united and ecological, is possible
Africans still bear in mind the recent floods that have led to the (…)
, by SOLÓN Pablo
In response to the US chief negotiator Todd Stern’s rejection of paying it’s climate debt (see below) — the principle of polluter pays — Pablo Solon, Bolivia’s ambassador to the United Nations said the following:
“Admitting responsibility for the climate crisis without taking necessary actions (…)
, by HARI Johann
Every delegate to the Copenhagen summit is being greeted by the sight of a vast fake planet dominating the city’s central square. This swirling globe is covered with corporate logos - the Coke brand is stamped over Africa, while Carlsberg appears to own Asia, and McDonald’s announces “I’m loving (…)
, par REYES Oscar
A leaked text of the political declaration that could conclude the Copenhagen conference reveals back-room dealings that offer little to the Majority World.
Oscar Reyes Dec 9 2009 So the rumours were true. For the past week, it was an open secret that the Danish government had already drafted (…)
, by KLEIN Naomi
Respected author Naomi Klein spoke at the opening of the KlimaForum on Monday night, where she also found time to interview Nnimmo Bassey, the much celebrated Nigerian human rights activist of Environmental Rights Action.
The highlight of my first day at COP15 was a conversation with the (…)
, by ESHELMAN Robert S., SOLÓN Pablo
For the capitalist system everything, nature – even other humans – is considered an object that you can use to obtain a profit. What we are seeing is the consequence of this vision.
On day three of COP15, I spoke with Bolivian Climate Change Ambassador Pablo Erick Solón Romero Oroza about his (…)
, by GOODMAN Amy, KAMAT Anjali, NAVARRO Angelica
ANJALI KAMAT: Angelica, maybe we can start with you. Talk about the Danish text and your reaction.
ANGELICA NAVARRO, chief climate negotiator for Bolivia: Well, I have to say that everybody was taken a little bit by surprise, but I also want to congratulate the very good work that the press (…)
, by GILBERTSON Tamra
How the US forced carbon trading onto the global climate agenda, and why popular movements worldwide have vowed to end this ’false solution" to climate change.
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How did you and Carbon Trade Watch identify the issue of carbon trading?
Tamra Gilbertson – The idea of (…)
, by La Via Campesina, SARAGIH Henry
Speech of Henry Saragih, general coordinator of Via Campesina Opening of Klimaforum - Copenhagen Dec 7
Tonight is a very special night for us to get together here for the opening of the assembly of the social movements and civil society at the Klimaforum. We, the international peasant movement (…)
, by GILBERTSON Tamra, REYES Oscar
Why are some countries intent on killing Kyoto? Do the reductions targets tell the whole story? Who is paying for it all? This fact sheet answers all your questions about the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.
The stated aim of the UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen (United Nations Climate Change (…)
, by La Via Campesina
(Brussels, 2 December 2009) Industrial agriculture is the skeleton in the closet of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). If we consider production, processing and transportation, the whole food chain could be responsible for up to half of all global greenhouse gas (…)
, by BOND Patrick
Preparations for the December 7-18 Copenhagen climate summit are going as expected, including a rare sighting of the African elites’ stiffened spines. That’s a great development (maybe decisive), more about that below.
While activists help raise the temperature on the streets outside the Bella (…)
, by TOKAR Brian
On the eve of the UN’s long-awaited Copenhagen climate summit, officials are pulling out all the stops to spin the conference as a success, no matter what actually happens. Barack Obama’s announcement that he will briefly pass through Copenhagen was a headline story, as was China’s commitment to (…)
, by BELLO Walden
Beginning in the second week of December, representatives to the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen will wrestle with the challenge of climate change. This week, influential actors in the World Trade Organization Seventh Ministerial Conference taking place in Geneva are trying to (…)
, by BOND Patrick
Preparations for the December 7-18 Copenhagen climate summit are going as expected, including a rare sighting of African elites’ stiffened spines. That’s a great development (maybe decisive), more about which below.
While activists help raise the temperature on the streets outside the Bella (…)
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