The world's largest ever march against climate change on Sunday (21 September) brought 400,000 people to the streets of New York, starting a lively parade at Central Park. On Tuesday, 120 of the world's political leaders -- notably not including the Chinese and...
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Q & A with Pablo Solon
‘COP 17 cannot be a global suicide pact: we need to end the apartheid against Nature’Pablo Solón is an international analyst and social activist. He served as chief negotiator for climate change and was ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the UN from...
Durban COP17: failures in the making | by Patrick Bond
The failure of Durban’s COP17 – a veritable “Conference of Polluters” – is certain, but the nuance and spin are also important. Binding emissions-cut commitments under the Kyoto Protocol are impossible given Washington’s push for an alternate architecture that is also...
The Crises of Civilisation – Towards a Post-Carbon Economy
The Crises of Civilisation - Towards a Post-Carbon Economy18 – 20 October 2010Heia Safari Ranch, Johannesburg The Cape Town-based Alternate Information and Development Centre (AIDC), together with the Latin American-based Peoples Dialogue will be hosting a Crisis of...
