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The Luna talks?

10 déc., 2010

About REDD, LULUCF and Luna-talks By Simone Lovera, Sobrevivencia-Paraguay and Global Forest Coalition Of course, when we arrived in Cancun and realized that the meeting venues were called Cancun Messe and Moon Palace, we already knew that these talks would be not only be a complete chaos, but that they would also be disconnected from the real world. The gap between real life and the hot air, massive loopholes, false promises and other fallacies that marks these “luna-talks” was …

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The Missing Delegate at Cancún: Indigenous Peoples

10 déc., 2010

cross-posted from: National Geographic blog Forest set-asides are at the heart of the United Nations’ climate negotiations, but a Native American restoration specialist says it will get the wrong people out of…

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La Vía Campesina demands environmental and social justice, and respect for Mother Earth at the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP 16)

10 déc., 2010

Españoles debajo Via Campesina Declaration in Cancún No agreement is better than a bad agreement: The people hold thousands of solutions in their hands Global Forum for Life, Environmental and Social…

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

10 déc., 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…

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Cancun: Anger grows at World Bank role in climate finance

8 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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…

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

7 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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 déc., 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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