cross posted from Organizing Upgrade June 1, 2010 Last month in Cochabamba, the Bolivian government and social movements convened the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (CMPCC). The conference was ground-breaking, bringing together governments, NGO’s, indigenous communities, and social movements. The goal of the conference was to re-ground and [...]
by Gopal Dayaneni and Mateo Nube go to full article >>> Rich and poor countries are in this together. If either fails to step up, the planet is in trouble. A climate deal must take into account the Global North’s responsibility for nearly 70 percent of greenhouse pollution and the Global South’s need to move [...]
The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in current cap and trade proposals: free [...]
Just released – a wonderful collection of Climate Justice articles in the latest issue of Race, Poverty & the Environment! Take a look at the whole issue, or check out the following articles by Movement Generation: Carbon Fundamentalism vs. Carbon Justice Resilient Cities: Building Community Control Interview with Adrienne Maree Brown War, Climate and Women [...]
Triple Crisis, A Three-Fold Opportunity by Vandana Shiva, November 22, 2008 At the end of 2007, Al Gore and IPCC were honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize for waking up the world to the climate catastrophe we face as a consequence of fossil fuel based industrial production and consumerism. By early 2008, the food crisis [...]