Backroom Deal? Again? Bolivia Takes a Stance!
Cancún, Mexico – It’s crunch time! A draft text emerged this morning; heads of state and government have arrived…
Cancún, Mexico – It’s crunch time! A draft text emerged this morning; heads of state and government have arrived…
United Nations Environment Programme Launches Emissions Gap Report
Cancún, Mexico – Yesterday afternoon, United Nations Environment Programme released the Emissions Gap Report, which seeks to assess how…
High Level Negotiations Kick Off in Cancún
Cancún, Mexico – Yesterday, high levels ministers arrived to negotiate texts. Negotiations resumed this afternoon. And today, heads of…
Street Heat: Actions in Cancún!
Cancún, Mexico – On Friday, the normally staid and restrained atmosphere at UN meetings received a lively injection of…
The Skinny on Cancún: What’s Happening at the International Climate Meeting and What’s at Stake?
Cancún, Mexico — Last week, the COP 16 got under way with a welcoming ceremony hosted by Mexican President…
Expectations are low that the United Nations’s upcoming two-week climate conference, which kicks off in Cancún, Mexico, this Monday,…
Bolivia ‘people’s conference’ calls for system change, not climate change
From Grist… COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — A fundamental critique of capitalism as the source of climate change pervaded the People’s…
Climate Justice – Upcoming Dates of Action
The Copenhagen COP 15 has come and gone. Grassroots organizers experienced a hijacked decision-making process, resistance by some governments…
A Race Against Time: Push for Regional Solutions to Climate Change Gathers Steam
As the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen ended last December without a legally binding agreement, environmentalists, government officials…