Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Featured, Rights of Nature on 6th December, 2010 | No Comments
As the COP16 climate talks entered their second week, three civil society groups released a report entitled, “Does Nature Have Rights: Transforming Grassroots Organizing to Protect the People and the Planet.” The report, compiled by Global Exchange, the Council of Canadians and Fundacion Pachamama, sheds light on “the Rights of Nature,” a paradigm-shifting approach to legislating resource use.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series, Featured on 29th November, 2010 | 3 Comments
On the road to COP 16, La Via Campesina caravan delegation member Irene Florez reports:
Traveling with the Via Campesina caravan from Guadalajara to Cancun, our delegation is now picking up about 20 additional climate activists at every stop. Converging through rallies, marches, and civil disobedience actions, the Via Campesina caravan members are meeting with allies in various towns and cities and alerting local populations about the Cancun summit, picking additional passengers up along the way.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series, Featured on 28th November, 2010 | 3 Comments
The Via Campesina caravan left from Acapulco today – international and Mexican activists and independent media journalists heard from communities in Guerrero – disputing their forcible expulsion from their homes and fighting a mega dam project called La Parota.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Campaign for Climate Equity, Featured on 11th October, 2010 | No Comments
Planet and People First — a short (13 minute) film from the World People’s Climate Conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia this spring is a must-see film for you and your community on the vital work of Global Exchange and communities around the world to end addiction to oil and ensure real action is taken globally towards climate equity. Also be sure to read our top ten list of ways to save the climate.
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity, Climate Negotiation Series, Copenhagen / COP15, Featured on 29th January, 2010 | 3 Comments
“Owning the Story… and the Future” placed in context the clamor for a streamlined climate negotiation process deemphasizing the United Nations, exposing the underlying disdain for democracy and bias against developing nations, the roots of dissatisfaction with the United Nations in U.S. climate negotiation strategy, and the apparent lack of global support for significant change »
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