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The Complexities of a Human Rights-Based Approach

Lara Shirley March 22, 2012 0 Comments

by Lara Shirley 1. The demand for a human rights-based approach In various side-events and negotiations, the concept of a human rights-based approach has come up several times, especially with regard to indigenous peoples, food security, and water. This is essentially to ensure justice and effectiveness in the agreements that come out of these negotiations, and is particularly relevant within the...

Climate From Space!

Joe Perullo December 2, 2011 1 Comment

by Joe Perullo I decided to spend this morning perusing around the display counters. They are mostly NGOs, national environment departments, and institutions who have something to say about what their doing in the fight for a more livable world. I wanted to lean about the cool things some people are doing before I would be swamped trying to follow the political insanity bound to come in the...

Julian’s Intervention

jvelez December 2, 2011 0 Comments

Yesterday Julian Velez, representing the youth, had the great opportunity to give an intervention during the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP), the main negotiating body that works under the Kyoto Protocol. The ability for civil society to give interventions is one of the only official avenues within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to express...