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“The Voices of those Who Speak for Mother Earth Must Not Be Silenced”

10 Dec, 2010

Statement By Tom Goldtooth, Leader of the Indigenous Environmental Network Delegation to UNFCCC COP-16 Negotiations Dec 9, 2010 Media Contacts: (interviews available in Spanish & English) IEN media hotline: +52 998 108 0748 Email: ienCop16media@gmail.com I have come to the UNFCCC COP-16 climate talks in Cancun, Mexico as a member of Grassroots Solutions for Climate Justice — North America a delegation of Indigenous Peoples and representatives from fossil fuel impacted communities who are on the frontlines of addressing the climate …

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Cancun: Anger grows at World Bank role in climate finance

8 Dec, 2010

MARCH TO KEEP WORLD BANK OUT OF CLIMATE FINANCE DATE: Wednesday, Dec 8th TIME: gather 9:30am, march at 10am LOCATION: rally and march leaving from Palacio Municipal Rally will be…

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Protests Inside and Outside COP-16 Climate Summit Expose the Corrupt COP Process, Uphold Cochabamba People’s Agreement as Path towards Real Solutions

8 Dec, 2010

Media Contacts: IEN media hotline: +52 998 108 0748 Jeff Conant, Global Justice Ecology Project: +52 998 165 7349 (English & Español) Jen Soriano, Grassroots Global Justice US 415-572-7154, jen@ggjalliance.org…

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International Day of Action for Climate Justice

7 Dec, 2010

Press release – La Via Campesina See the full list of actions around the world (Cancun, 7 December 2010) Thousands of people affected by and concerned for the destruction of…

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DECEMBER 7 DAY OF ACTION: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS BRING HOPE AS COP-16 FALTERS

7 Dec, 2010

1000 cancuns december 7 Global Well-Being MEDIA ADVISORY December 6, 2010 30 Events Across the U.S. and Canada to Build Alternative Solutions to the Climate Crisis, part of the 1000…

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New Report Exposes UN REDD Program as Fundamentally Flawed

7 Dec, 2010

From Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Justice Ecology Project, World Rainforest Movement, ETC Group and Carbon Trade Watch December 6, 2010 Indigenous and NGO Groups Warn that REDD and other carbon…

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Intervention on CDM

6 Dec, 2010

Intervention on CDM in the CMP, by Fiu Elisara Delivered at the CMP plenary at the UNFCCC COP16 in Cancun, Mexico December 1, 2010   Fellow humans,   Much of…

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Minga Informativa de Movimientos Sociales

6 Dec, 2010

English below Arranca Foro Global por la Vida y la justicia Ambiental y Social: A descarrilar los mercados de carbono, convoca La Vía Campesina en Cancún Equipo de comunicación Cloc/Vía…

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CJN! Intervention at SBI

6 Dec, 2010

Climate Justice Now Intervention at the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), at item 8, on technology transfer Delivered by Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group — Thank you Chair.  I will speak…

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Sign-on: World Bank Out of Climate Finance

6 Dec, 2010

AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNMENTS Meeting at the 16th COP of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun People and communities throughout the global South need…

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Climate Justice Research on REDD & REDD+

6 Dec, 2010

Dartmouth College Climate Justice Research Project CLIMATE JUSTICE RESEARCH PROJECT SCHOLARLY NOTE REDD & REDD+1 Agreement between Parties on supporting Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) projects is often…

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Biofuels – a Failure for Africa

3 Dec, 2010

PRESS RELEASE- Thursday 2 December 2010 African Biodiversity Network, The Gaia Foundation Biofuels are failing Africa, in contrast to the many promises that fuelled their growth, a new report from…

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Biofuelwatch in Cancun

3 Dec, 2010

Massively increasing demand for “biomass” is resulting in land grabs and expansion of destructive industrial monocultures at the expense of forests, biodiversity and food production.  Deepak Rughani and Rachel Smolker…

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Forest Policy Fails to Address the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Degradation

1 Dec, 2010

Excessive Demand for Woodand Land is the Major Cause of Deforestation, a New Global Forest Coalition Report Reveals Cancun, Mexico, 1 December 2010 – Areport released by the Global Forest…

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Forest Policy Fails to Address the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Degradation

1 Dec, 2010

Press release Excessive Demand for Wood and Land is the Major Cause of Deforestation, a New Global Forest Coalition Report Reveals Cancun, Mexico, 1 December 2010 – A report released…

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Global Forest Coalition Press Conference

1 Dec, 2010

Español debajo MEDIA ADVISORY: November 30, 2010 PRESS CONFERENCE: Global Forest Coalition Report Reveals that Excessive Demand for Wood is the Major Cause of Deforestation What: Press conference by the…

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Climate Justice Now! Demands Social Justice at COP16

30 Nov, 2010

Source: Climate Justice Now! Espanol debajo CANCUN, MEXICO– Members of Climate Justice Now!, a global network of more than 140 movements and organizations committed to the fight for social, ecological…

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