Cartagena Dialogue Provides Breath of Fresh Air
“There is nothing wrong with being helped to go on living. And that is what this[climate change] issue is all about,” stated a senior official from the Environmental Protection Authority of Ethiopia. I am at a ministerial gathering of 28 nations of the Cartagena Group/Dialogue for Progressive Action convening in the beautiful island [...]
The Truth Of What Happened at Copenhagen
By Fidel Castro
21st December 2009
(Cross posted from Countercurrents.org, )
The youth is more interested than anyone else in the future.
Until very recently, the discussion revolved around the kind of society we would have. Today, the discussion centers on whether human society will survive.
These are not dramatic phrases. We must get used to the true facts. Hope [...]
Battle until Dawn over Humanity’s Survival
It is 6:13 am and in the Bella Conference Center I am listening to the chair of the AOSIS (Association of Small Island States) trying to fight off uncontrollable tears. I am almost certain that the Group of 77 (a behemoth of 130 plus developing country states) is coming to an end. Countries [...]
Youth Statement to the High-Level Segment of COP15
Youth Statement at COP15
Good afternoon my fellow human beings.
My name is X, and in the year 2050 I will be X years old.
I am proud to represent the International youth climate movement.
Christina Ora, a 17 year old from the Solomon Islands, addressed the opening plenary last Monday. She said “I was born in 1992. You [...]
Demonstrators at Climate Conference witness Police Brutality
LAND TRANSPORT MIGHT PEEP IN DURING COP15 DISCUSSIONS
Climate change and transport
Transportation plays an important role in a country like India with huge population and immense potential to grow. Climate change and its relation to transportation gains significance from the fact that it constitutes to about 14% of the Green House Gas emissions, [IPCC, 2004]. With 23% of total energy demand constituted to [...]
Chords for Climate–Delhi Climate Concert!
Negotiators Past, Present, and Future
he fossil awards presented the second dishonourable mention to an unprecedented trio of Austria, Finland, and Sweden, for their shameful and atrocious actions in the very first day of COP15. Their claim to dishonour arose from their promotion of a new text, that would allow countries to set their reduction targets against baselines that [...]
What’s it like in Copenhagen?
Copenhagen is an amazing city. It’s been billed as the happiest city in the world (a fact proudly related to me by two different Danes on an equal number of different occasions). The first thing we noticed when stepping off the plane was that it was quiet… silent! At the Airport! [...]
Why I will put on a “bindi” through COP15
COP15 and Indian stance, and what the Indian environment minister has announced in the parliament recently.
The Farce of “Emissions Intensity”
Recently, nations and their spokespersons have begun bandying about new numbers, grabbing headlines with ambitious seeming reductions based on a new measurement called “emission intensity”.
The public is being deceived by this type of jargon and manipulation of the issues. The real issue is our civilisation’s use of resources to promote greed, and the [...]
The Red Saree in the White House
strong>So what does this Red Saree signify?
The red sari signifies the festivity of marriage and celebrating a bond which will last lifetimes. For India, it was important to drape a red sari to get wedded strategically to US as Dr. Singh said in an interview to The Washington Post, “We are strategic partners”. Just [...]
Memorandum with Women’s Charter on Climate Justice Submitted to Minister of Environment and Forests
National Civil Society Coalition for Climate Justice and Equitable Development
This document is prepared from the perspective of safeguarding the interests of the marginalised majority in India
Civil Society Perspective and Position on the vital issue of climate justice
We, representatives of organizations and networks believe that the discourse on Climate Change cannot and must not be [...]
Boats on Kashmiri lake form shape of 350 to mark Int’l Day of Climate Action
SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The Shikaras, the local name for boats, on the placid waters of Dal Lake here Saturday formed a shape of 350 as part of the campaign dedicated to environment protection and dealing with climate change.
The exercise was organized by Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) in collaboration with the [...]
