At the mid-point of the 2012 UN climate talks. there’s evidence from Third World Network that key players such as the US are blocking progress. It’s conceivable that the 350.org roadshow campaign has achieved more in the past week.
Tag: activism
Will Doha tolerate climate protests at COP18?
Locating the UN climate talks in Qatar may prove controversial if activists are banned from street protest. Greenpeace is in talks with the government. A new Arab Youth Climate Movement will bring a welcome new voice to COP18.
UN Biodiversity Conference diminished by no-show NGOs
International green activist groups stayed away from COP11 on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad. Was this wise?
Energy poverty news: Rio+20: June 13
Radical civil society groups are calling for the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative to be rejected. In complete contrast, three UN leaders explain why energy access is so crucial to development, and to women in particular.
No rest for reds under the beds
“Capitalism in crisis” goes out the cry in Europe and North America. These old-fashioned debates about inequality in wealthy economies fail to connect with the real issues of the modern world.
Kumi unable to scale the FSC platform
A no-show by the Executive Director of Greenpeace hints at a deepening crisis between the FSC and the big environmental groups over recognition of carbon offset schemes.
Cancún condemns ocean acidification to footnote
The Cancún climate change agreement pays little attention to the threat of ocean acidification. Environmental campaigners should do more to redress the balance.
No poetry in ocean acidification
Scientific reports seem to be better at communicating the threat of ocean acidification than environmental NGOs. No wonder UN negotiations on emissions reductions take no notice of the subject.
Another good crisis goes to waste
The euro currency rescue forced dramatic U-turns from Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Trichet, with President Obama in the background. Why did global poverty campaigners have nothing to say?
Extract the rights from mother earth
Setbacks for environmental campaigners in Brazil and Alaska illustrate why the idea of earth rights advocated by the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, deserves serious consideration. But last week’s People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth has been widely ignored by western media.