Category Archives: Copenhagen/COP-15

RADICAL NEW AGENDA NEEDED TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE JUSTICE

Call for “System Change not Climate Change” Unites Global Movement Note:  The first post is the  Poznan statement from the Climate Justice Now! alliance from 12 December 2008 after the UN climate talks that year.  The second was published by CJN … Continue reading

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New Trial Begins Against Copenhagen Climate Activists

Note: Stine and Tannie are good friends of Global Justice Ecology Project.  We got to know them through the year and a half of organizing meetings under the “Climate Justice Action” umbrella in preparation for “Reclaim Power” action at the … Continue reading

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Global Justice Ecology Project’s 2009 Annual Report is now online.

Global Justice Ecology Project’s 2009 Annual Report is now online.  You can find the link to download the 10 page by clicking here. What You Will Find in Our 2009 Annual Report: • GJEP’s Climate Justice Program: Accomplishments at the … Continue reading

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All mass arrests during COP15 last year declared illegal by Copenhagen City Court

Cross-posted from Climate Justice Action December 16th, 2010 Climate Collective, Copenhagen The City Court of Copenhagen ruled today that the all the mass arrests during the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009 were illigal and the police have to pay 9.000 … Continue reading

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*Climate spokespersons sentenced guilty: This is a giant defeat for democracy *

Danish Court Sentences Nonviolent Activists Arrested During Protests Against UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009:  Free Speech Criminalized Today, the Copenhagen District Court found Stine Gry Jonassen and Tannie Nyboe guilty in charges of being organisers and instigators of … Continue reading

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A climate conference, old and new oil curses, and Norwegian ‘Good Samaritans’

By Patrick Bond The stench of rotting blubber would hang for days over The Bluff in South Durban, thanks to Norwegian immigrants whose harpooning skills helped stock the town with cooking fat, margarine and soap, starting about a century ago. … Continue reading

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Private finance role in $100bn climate pledge ‘difficult’ – Barker

Cross-posted from Carbon Finance 10 November, 2010 Private investors are key to delivering the $100 billion a year of climate finance pledged under the Copenhagen Accord, a high-level UN group found last week. But some countries are distrustful of private … Continue reading

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COP 16 Confab On Climate Change – Like Copenhagen, Like Cancun?

Cross-posted from AllAfrica October 26,2010 By Kingsley Alu Against the backdrop of last year’s Conference of the Parties (COP 15) held in Copenhagen, Denmark to tackle issues of climate change, Kingsley Alu warns that this year’s COP 16 meeting due … Continue reading

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Update from Stine and Tannie’s trial

Cross-posted from Climate Collective Note: Stine Gry Jonassen was accredited by Global Justice Ecology Project to attend the 15th Conference of the UN Climate Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Stine was one of the Danish organizers and spokespeople for the Reclaim … Continue reading

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Call for solidarity actions with the accused spokespersons for the Climate Justice movement

Stine Gry Jonassen was accredited by Global Justice Ecology Project to attend the 15th Conference of the UN Climate Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Stine was one of the Danish organizers and spokespeople for the Reclaim Power action that occurred on … Continue reading

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