Posted by Zarah Patriana in Community Rights, Featured, World News & Events on 8th December, 2011 | No Comments
After 9 days of negotiations there is no doubt that we saw this movie before. It is the third remake of Copenhagen and Cancun. Same actors. Same script. The documents are produced outside the formal negotiating scenario . In private meetings, dinners which the 193 member states do not attend. The result of these meetings is known only on the last day.
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Posted by Admin in Uncategorized on 4th December, 2010 | 4 Comments
On the ground in Cancun, Jeff Conant, writes for Global Exchange and is collaborating media outreach with the Global Justice Ecology Project and the Indigenous Environmental Network during COP 16. He writes, “Between the armored vehicles patrolling the outside and the labyrinthine and exhausting process to get anywhere near the inside, a clear attempt has been made to marginalize civil society, if not to neutralize it altogether.”
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in 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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