Posted by Admin in Campaign for Climate Equity on 28th February, 2011 | No Comments
While debate about whether climate change is real or not continues in the US, the world’s leading producer of CO2 emissions per capita, those already living with the effects, like Jose Domingo Cruz in El Salvador, don’t have time to debate.
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Posted by Admin in Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series, Rights of Nature on 22nd December, 2010 | 2 Comments
As one of the many interns who has passed through the doors of Global Exchange, I experienced more than I expected while working there.
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Posted by Admin in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 11th December, 2010 | No Comments
Reflecting on the close of the UNFCCC climate talks, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange, writes of her experience on the ground in Cancun.
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 11th December, 2010 | 1 Comment
Months before civil society boarded planes or hopped on busses and bikes destined for Cancun (yes, we met up with a small contingent of cyclists arriving from West Virginia) — it was clear that we weren’t really very welcome.
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Posted by Jeff Conant in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 11th December, 2010 | No Comments
Last night in the wee hours, a regressive, non-binding, dangerously unbalanced climate agreement was pushed through with “consensus” by all delegations except Bolivia. Following is the statement of response from the Bolivian government.
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Posted by Jeff Conant in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 10th December, 2010 | 1 Comment
Around 1:00 on the last day of COP16, a dozen or so activists staged an action at the Moon Palace in Cancun to protest the silencing of civil society voices by the UNFCCC. Their mouths taped over with signs reading”UNFCCC,” they locked arms in front of the escalators leading to the closed chambers where high-level negotiations were taking place.
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Posted by Jeff Conant in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 9th December, 2010 | 2 Comments
In the middle of week two at COP16, protests have begun to erupt, both inside the halls of the Moon Palace, and outside in the streets of Cancun. When la Via Campesina, the world’s largest movement of peasant and smallholder farmers, called for a global day of action yesterday, people around the world responded. The day of action was called ’1000 Cancuns’.
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Posted by tex in Campaign for Climate Equity, Climate Action, Our Work on 9th December, 2010 | No Comments
A team of us here at Global Exchange got together to figure out a way to offer new Global Exchange members this holiday season a little something extra beyond the standard membership benefits, in exchange for their support. Here’s what we came up with:
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 7th December, 2010 | No Comments
The “1000 Cancúns Global Day of Action for Climate Justice” took place December 7th, with actions happening around the world. Here’s a wrap up of Global Exchange’s participation, on the ground in Cancun.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series on 7th December, 2010 | No Comments
The next post in our continuing coverage from COP16 in Cancun, today Irene Florez shares her perspective on the climate talks and how a sign that reads “Cambia tu vida, no tu clima” (Change your life, not your climate) illuminates a key message.
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