Kyoto
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Evo Morales’ speech at COP-16 by Ricardo Sequeiros Coelho
For me Copenhagen was not a failure. It may have been for the powers of the world, but not for the peoples of the world who became conscious …. Hope for the peoples of the world is cooling the world, lowering the temperature. Continue reading
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10 Lessons for the Climate Movement By Damien Lawson
Last year we got comprehensively rolled. While it was important and correct that we opposed the polluter-friendly carbon trading scheme (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme – CPRS), we failed to successfully communicate why we opposed something that most people didn’t understand in the first place. Continue reading
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Pentagon's Role in Global Catastrophe: Add Climate Havoc to War Crimes By Sara Flounders
By every measure, the Pentagon is the largest institutional user of petroleum products and energy in general. Yet the Pentagon has a blanket exemption in all international climate agreements. The Pentagon wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; its secret operations in Pakistan; its equipment on more than 1,000 U.S. bases around the world; its 6,000 facilities… Continue reading
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The Truth About Copenhagen By Fidel Castro Ruz
If anything significant was achieved in the Danish capital, it was that the media coverage allowed the world public to watch the political chaos created there and the humiliating treatment accorded to Heads of States or Governments, ministers and thousands of representatives of social movements and institutions that in hope and expectation traveled to the… Continue reading
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Copenhagen: Chavez Salutes Climate Protestors By Kiraz Janicke
Chavez, who received a standing ovation for his speech, said the process in Copenhagen is ‘not democratic; it is not inclusive.’ In particular, he criticised an attempt by rich countries to overturn the Kyoto Protocol. Doing so would eliminate differentiation between the obligations of rich and poor countries, treating countries from the Global North and… Continue reading
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Leaked Document Shows Rich Nations Plan Climate Coup in Copenhagen By John Vidal
The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations. Continue reading
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When the Climate Change Center Cannot Hold By Patrick Bond
The recent Bangkok negotiations of Kyoto Protocol Conference of Parties functionaries confirmed that Northern states and their corporations won’t make an honest effort to get to 350 CO2 parts per million. On the right, Barack Obama’s negotiators seem to feel that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is excessively binding to the North, and leaves out several… Continue reading
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