Category Archives: UNFCCC
Mexico legislation underlines transformation in global warming debate
Cross-Posted from Reuters . –Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, is President of Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) and former UK Secretary of State for the Environment, and Rt Hon John Prescott, Lord Prescott, is a Member of GLOBE, and former UK Deputy … Continue reading
The CDM in Africa Cannot Deliver the Money
NOTE: Following our previous post on the CDM in Africa from climatologist Payal Parekh, comes this post from economist Patrick Bond. – GJEP 18 April 2012 – Learn why the carbon trading gamble and ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ won’t save the planet from climate change and … Continue reading
Filed under Carbon Trading, False Solutions to Climate Change, UNFCCC
Africa and the CDM: a dead-end
Payal Parekh is a climatologist and a climate justice campaigner who we’ve worked with over the years. This post is from her blog, Carbon Free. – GJEP Given the dismal state of carbon markets currently, it is baffling that there … Continue reading
Corporate takeover of UN Climate Conference
Note: The following cross-post is from the March 2012 newsletter, published in London, England from our friends at the Environmental Network for Central America (ENCA). I have known ENCA contacts and activists Nick Rau and Sheila Amoo-gottried for over a decade … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Durban/COP-17, UNFCCC
Critical Information Collective Offers Resources for Advancing Movement for Justice
Note: The following post regards a new organization, Critical information Collective, set up by our friends Joe Zacune and Ronnie Hall (both ex-campaign coordinators with Friends of the Earth International). This initiative will be a very useful and powerful resource and … Continue reading
NGOs demand that Forest Investment Program in Indonesia is postponed until demands are met
By Chris Lang, 6th April 2012 Cross-Posted from REDD-Monitor On 8 March 2012, the World Bank announced that the Draft Indonesia Forest Investment Plan was posted on the Ministry of Forestry’s website. The 114-page document was posted in English, with a … Continue reading
How Green Is the Green Economy?
Four environmental organizers and researchers examine the ‘green jobs’ buzz. BY REBECCA BURNS Cross-Posted from In These Times Any meaningful definition of “green jobs” should require real evidence of environmental, public health and community economic benefits. A “green recovery” is being … Continue reading
The Tripa peatswamp in Aceh is ablaze – despite the moratorium
By Chris Lang, 28th March 2012 Cross-Posted from REDD-Monitor Dozens of fires are blazing in a peatswamp in Aceh, in the north of Sumatra, Indonesia. Some of the hotspots are in a concession area belonging to a company called PT Kallista Alam. … Continue reading
Indigenous resource management systems: A holistic approach to nature and livelihoods
Note: It may seem ironic that the World Bank came out with such a forward-thinking study on deforestation, when in practice they’ve been funding massive deforestation and displacement of Indigenous Peoples from their lands for decades. But the Bank is … Continue reading
UN Climate Chief Turns to Business Leaders for Action
By Karl Ritter Cross-posted from the New Zealand Herald 5:30 AM Thursday Feb 23, 2012 – As Governments bicker over who should do what to slow the pace of global warming, the United Nations’ climate chief is increasingly looking to business leaders … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, UNFCCC
