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ADP: the biggest fight at COP20 Lima

Maria Escalante November 30, 2014 0 Comments

by Klever Descarpontriez & Maria Alejandra Escalante(and many friends) Climate change impacts show no patience with the slow pace of progress at the intergovernmental negotiations and the very limited amount of actions being taken to halt global warming. We are already facing the impacts: sea level rise has displaced island communities in Bangladesh, droughts have decreased yields by 50% in...

A Green Climate Fund as if people and the planet mattered

Crossposts February 19, 2014 0 Comments

What do climate-impacted communities in developing countries need from the GCF negotiations in Bali? A Southern Civil Society Statement issued at a media forum held this evening for the Indonesian press answers just that. No more deception! No more excuses! Climate Finance now! A Green Climate Fund for People and Planet and not Private Profit! The delivery of climate finance for developing...

Development Justice Now! Declaration of the Peoples’ Global Camp at WTO

guest December 8, 2013 0 Comments

as the latest WTO round closed in Bali this week, we are cross-posting the declaration which came out of the Peoples' Global Camp. We, representatives of people’s organizations, social movements and political forces come together in the People’s Global Camp (PGC) in Denpasar, Bali on December 3-6, 2013 to collectively expose, resist and call to junk the renewed neoliberal offensives of the...

Days 12 & 13 Policy Updates: Muddles and Huddles

Nathan Thanki November 25, 2013 0 Comments

by Earth in Brackets team and friends Negotiations in Warsaw carried on essentially non-stop from Wednesday morning until Saturday night, with many delegates not sleeping for at least the final 48 hours. There were three concurrent issues being negotiated over the course of Friday and Saturday: finance, loss and damage, and the ADP draft text. Finance and loss and damage were in closed contact...

What the HECK is up with REDD+?!?!: A Summary Of My Struggles Up Until Now

Lara Shirley November 15, 2013 2 Comments

by Lara Shirley This is part of a REDD+ trilogy featured here on : Lara is angry and confused, Lara is just angry, and Lara gets technical. Stay tuned for the next installment! REDD+ is complex, illogical and confusing. I kind of dislike it a lot. After having spent what feels like far too much time on it – although compared to many here, it’s barely a millisecond – I thought I would spare...