Category Archives: False solutions
Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being negotiated at Paris COP
10th December, Paris: Representatives of social movements, grassroots and community groups, and environmental campaigning organisations, between them representing millions of people across the globe, have come together today to denounce the failure of the climate negotiations in Paris. At a
Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being negotiated at Paris COP
10th December, Paris: Representatives of social movements, grassroots and community groups, and environmental campaigning organisations, between them representing millions of people across the globe, have come together today to denounce the failure of the climate negotiations in Paris. At a
The coming tragedy of Paris: A disastrous climate deal that will see the planet burn
By: Mary Louise Malig* Like reading the ancient Greek tragedy of Homer, we are at the pages of the Iliad where we can see what hell ahead shall befall Troy. We are now in that exact moment, seeing in the
The coming tragedy of Paris: A disastrous climate deal that will see the planet burn
By: Mary Louise Malig* Like reading the ancient Greek tragedy of Homer, we are at the pages of the Iliad where we can see what hell ahead shall befall Troy. We are now in that exact moment, seeing in the
Fight for System Change Now! Why we need to build alternatives and dismantle a process that will lock us into another decade of burning the planet
[September 2015, Climate Space Statement, Español, Français] Download the PDF here Today, just few months before the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP21) in Paris in December 2015, we see with
Fight for System Change Now! Why we need to build alternatives and dismantle a process that will lock us into another decade of burning the planet
[September 2015, Climate Space Statement, Español, Français] Download the PDF here Today, just few months before the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP21) in Paris in December 2015, we see with
Burning the Planet, One Climate COP at a time
December 13, 2014 by Mary Louise Malig globalforest For the third year in a row, a typhoon wreaked havoc on the Philippines during a Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In 2012, during
Burning the Planet, One Climate COP at a time
December 13, 2014 by Mary Louise Malig globalforest For the third year in a row, a typhoon wreaked havoc on the Philippines during a Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In 2012, during
How Did Leaders Respond to the People’s Climate March?
By Pablo Solon, 26 September 2014 About 400,000 people went to the streets on September 21st to ask for real actions to address climate change. It was the greatest climate march in history. The UN Climate Summit organized by Secretary General
How Did Leaders Respond to the People’s Climate March?
By Pablo Solon, 26 September 2014 About 400,000 people went to the streets on September 21st to ask for real actions to address climate change. It was the greatest climate march in history. The UN Climate Summit organized by Secretary General
Climate Change: Not Just Any Action Will Do
By Josie Riffaud, Tony Clarke and Pablo Solon On Sunday, hundreds of thousands gathered in New York for one of the biggest marches against climate change. The occasion is the Climate Summit convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the theme
Climate Change: Not Just Any Action Will Do
By Josie Riffaud, Tony Clarke and Pablo Solon On Sunday, hundreds of thousands gathered in New York for one of the biggest marches against climate change. The occasion is the Climate Summit convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the theme
UN-masking Climate Smart Agriculture
International Peasant Movement/Movimiento Campesino Internacional History presents itself first as tragedy, and the second time as a farce. As women, men, peasants, smallholder family farmers, migrant, rural workers, indigenous, and youth of La Via Campesina, we denounce climate smart agriculture
UN-masking Climate Smart Agriculture
International Peasant Movement/Movimiento Campesino Internacional History presents itself first as tragedy, and the second time as a farce. As women, men, peasants, smallholder family farmers, migrant, rural workers, indigenous, and youth of La Via Campesina, we denounce climate smart agriculture
Mobilitiamoci e organizziamoci per Fermare e prevenire la febbre del pianeta
[New York, 19 – 23 settembre] (English, Français, Español) Quando come esseri umani prendiamo la febbre, immediatamente ci preoccupiamo e cerchiamo una soluzione. Dopotutto sappiamo che se la nostra temperatura corporea sale di 1.5ºC, fino a 2ºC sopra la temperatura media ci
Mobilitiamoci e organizziamoci per Fermare e prevenire la febbre del pianeta
[New York, 19 – 23 settembre] (English, Français, Español) Quando come esseri umani prendiamo la febbre, immediatamente ci preoccupiamo e cerchiamo una soluzione. Dopotutto sappiamo che se la nostra temperatura corporea sale di 1.5ºC, fino a 2ºC sopra la temperatura media ci
Movilización y organización para detener y prevenir la Fiebre del Planeta
[19 a 23 septiembre, Nueva York] (English, Français, Italiano) Cuando los seres humanos tenemos fiebre nos preocupamos y tomamos medidas urgentes. Después de todo, sabemos que si nuestra temperatura corporal se eleva 1.5ºC y peor 2ºC [3,6 º F] por encima del
Movilización y organización para detener y prevenir la Fiebre del Planeta
[19 a 23 septiembre, Nueva York] (English, Français, Italiano) Cuando los seres humanos tenemos fiebre nos preocupamos y tomamos medidas urgentes. Después de todo, sabemos que si nuestra temperatura corporal se eleva 1.5ºC y peor 2ºC [3,6 º F] por encima del
California Cap-and-Trade Scheme Could Endanger Rainforest Peoples
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6 – Under California’s new cap-and-trade program, the state is considering allowing a controversial form of carbon credits that have been rejected by the European Union as ineffective and potentially harmful to rainforests in developing countries. Now an
California Cap-and-Trade Scheme Could Endanger Rainforest Peoples
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6 – Under California’s new cap-and-trade program, the state is considering allowing a controversial form of carbon credits that have been rejected by the European Union as ineffective and potentially harmful to rainforests in developing countries. Now an
Geoengineering: resisting climate manipulation
Geoengineering – the intentional, large-scale technological manipulation of the Earth’s systems – is another false solution to climate change being pushed from the global North. High-risk and high-tech schemes under development, including blasting reflective particles into the stratosphere, whitening clouds
Geoengineering: resisting climate manipulation
Geoengineering – the intentional, large-scale technological manipulation of the Earth’s systems – is another false solution to climate change being pushed from the global North. High-risk and high-tech schemes under development, including blasting reflective particles into the stratosphere, whitening clouds
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