Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by TOWNSEND Terry
A talk to the Climate Change Social Change Conference held in Sydney from April 11 to 13.
I’m sure everybody here is aware of the basic facts of global warming and the likely consequences if rapid and serious action is not taken. There is virtually unanimous agreement among scientists and (…)
, by BULLARD Nicola, MORARAS Bea
After the high drama of Bali, the Bangkok climate change conference (31 March - 4 April) was a dull affair. Al Gore did not descend from the heights, no daring delegate told the US where to get off and, as far as I know, UNFCCC executive director Yvo de Boer, shed no tears. In Bangkok the (…)
, by BOYLE Peter, HOLMES Dave
Dave Holmes is a veteran leader of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, a Marxist tendency in the Socialist Alliance. He co-wrote the pamphlet Change the System Not the Climate (Resistance Books, 2007) and will be participating in the upcoming Climate Change — Social Change Conference. Green (…)
, by ADVE Nagraj
Kids in my village Adve had a tough time bursting crackers on Diwali last year. Which was not surprising, because it was raining, and the crackers were not sufficiently dry. The surprise though was that it was raining at all.
The village is located near the coast in southern Karnataka, between (…)
, by BELLO Walden
THERE is now a solid consensus in the scientific community that if the change in global mean temperature in the twenty-first century exceeds 2.4 degrees Celsius, changes in the planet’s climate will be large-scale, irreversible, and disastrous. Moreover, the window of opportunity for action that (…)
, by Fourth International
The IC approves the general points of orientation developed by the seminar on climate change organized by the IIRE from 22 to 27 February, 2008:
1. The various capitalist proposals that are under discussion working toward a climate agreement going beyond 2012 (in particular the “climate (…)
, by GARROUSTE Laurent
The seminar which was held in Amsterdam from 23-27 February, 2008 at the invitation of the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) was extremely fruitful and stimulating.
Entitled “Faced with climate change, energy revolution and social transformation”, this initiative, (…)
, by BROWNHILL Leigh, TURNER Terisa E.
This paper was presented at the “Climate Change” seminar, at the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE, Amsterdam), February 22-26, 2008 [20 February 2008 Draft version].
We demand that the world takes the example of Ecuador and join with one voice to demand the (…)
, by Searle Richard, WILKES Roy
RS: Although there’s universal agreement now that Climate Change is happening as a result of human activity, why is there no equally unanimous agreement on solutions? What’s the crucial fault line?
RW: It is easy to forget that this ‘universal agreement’ you speak of is in fact only very (…)
, by CLARKE Renfrey
Amid audible gasps of relief, on December 15 the US delegation to the United Nations climate change conference in Bali signalled that Washington would be part of the “Bali Roadmap” for combatting global warming. With the US on board, a two-year process of discussion would begin — hopefully to (…)
, by ANGUS Ian
“We are ending up with something so watered down there was no need for 12,000 people to gather here in Bali to have a watered-down text. We could have done that by email.” —Dr. Angus Friday, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States
In a narrow and formal sense, last month’s Climate Change (…)
, by BOND Patrick
Amidst her welcome critique of the biofuel mania, Vandana Shiva’s ZNet commentary (December 13, 2007) also made this point: “The Kyoto Protocol totally avoided the material challenge of stopping activities that lead to higher emissions and the political challenge of regulation of the polluters (…)
, by BOND Patrick
Amidst her welcome critique of the biofuel mania, Vandana Shiva’s ZNet commentary last month (December 13, 2007) also made this point: “The Kyoto Protocol totally avoided the material challenge of stopping activities that lead to higher emissions and the political challenge of regulation of the (…)
, by Focus on Trade
Focus on Trade (# 135, December 2007) has published a special issue on the Bali Climate Conference. Some of the contributions presented here had already been posted on ESSF website, the others are now online too.
Plese find below the introduction from Focus of this issue, its content and the (…)
, by REDMAN Janet
Following two weeks of climate talks in Bali that brought together nearly 190 countries and more than 10,000 delegates, observers and activists, it looks like there’s very little to show for negotiations that were less about urgent climate action than business as usual.
The meetings were (…)
, by TANURO Daniel
Daniel Tanuro is the ecological correspondent of La Gauche, newspaper of the Belgian Socialist Workers Party. An earlier version of this article, in French, was published in Europe Solidaire sans frontières, Dec. 20, 2007. The translation of the expanded article was done by Climate and (…)
, by MACAN-MAKAR Marwaan
BALI, Indonesia, Dec 18 (IPS) - This resort island, better known for drawing foreign tourists due to its tropical splendour and its deep spiritual traditions, is poised to enter the vocabulary of another international set — the rapidly expanding global civil society movement.
Bali will soon (…)
, by MENOTTI Victor
The world’s economic policymakers are addressing climate change with an unprecedented level of engagement at the Bali conference. While the negotiations for a new global climate accord to replace the Kyoto Protocol wrap up in Nusa Dua, numerous trade ministers are meeting to initiate an (…)
, by LOVERA Simone
The tune “The money keeps rolling” from the musical “Evita” kept playing in my mind as I witnessed the forest-related wheeling and dealing that took place during the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali in December. The song describes how (…)
, by The New York Times
A week that could have brought important progress on climate change ended in disappointment.
In Bali, where delegates from 187 countries met to begin framing a new global warming treaty, America’s negotiators were in full foot-dragging mode, acting as spoilers rather than providing the (…)
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