Forests and Climate Change

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 Cancuns Global Day of Action for Climate Justice Contact: Jen Soriano, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, 415-572-7154, jen@ggjalliance.org WHAT: On December 7, with the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Cancun faltering, grassroots organizations across the world will be taking the future of the planet into their own hands. 30 coordinated events …

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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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Cancún COP16: Climate Justice Experts Available for Interviews

30 Nov, 2010

Voices of Climate-impacted People and Communities Amplified at UN Climate Conference in Cancún Cancún, Mexico – Global Justice Ecology Project’s media team in Cancún at the UN Climate Convention is…

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Cancún Opens for GREEN Business, but REDD Will Destroy Indigenous Forest Cultures

30 Nov, 2010

Cross-posted by The Huffington Post By: Subhankar Banerjee. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) COP16 opens this week in Cancún, Mexico, to discuss green business (November 29…

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Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal

29 Nov, 2010

Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network 26 November, 2010 REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn Cancún, Mexico – Indigenous and environmental rights groups…

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Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal

26 Nov, 2010

Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network 26 November, 2010                                    Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn…

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