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 Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan, December 18, 2009 (updated 12/21) The Copenhagen round of the UNFCCC 15th Conference of Parties has ended in failure It is essential for the future of life on this planet that we achieve a global pact based on sound science and equity soon. But given that the U.S. and its key allies [...]
PRESS RELEASE * COMUNICADO DE PRENSA For immediate release: December 17, 2009 Contacts: North American Indigenous Delegation Media Liaison +45 5268 5594 Movement Generation Media Liaison +45 2832 8422 (English, español, français, 普通話, portugûes) COPENHAGEN – On the eve of President Obama’s arrival in Copenhagen to attend the fifteenth United Nations Framework Convention on Climate [...]
TAKE ACTION: Please email this letter to President Obama at president@whitehouse.gov on behalf of your organization and CC: letter@movementgeneration.org to let us know your organization has signed on! Dear President Obama, We are here in Copenhagen as the voices of our communities and our organizations that work to protect the rights of low-income communities, indigenous [...]
by Diana Pei Wu, December 16, 2009 i am here in copenhagen. this morning – it is 7 am in CPH, 10 pm back home in Oakland … missing you all. it snowed yesterday, wet snow that did not accumulate much; snow is expected for the rest of this week and weekend. i’m on the [...]