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Activists gathered in the halls to change the atmosphere on the last day of the talks. They joined in song and a ‘people’s mic’ to project their calls for action throughout the conference center.
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Why I decided that it was time for me to walk out of the Rio Plus 20 conference, and why I believe that this conference is a fraud.
Read post →I have been a naughty tracker. For today, on the last day of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, I stopped tracking. In fact, I was not even allowed to go into the Rio Centro conference centre this morning as, yesterday, I turned in my accreditation badge. I stepped out of the proceedings, and abandoned my negotiators.
Read post →This is the 3rd in a series of daily Morning Inquisitions from Generation Next to Rio+20 Negotiators on strategy and…
Read post →20 years ago, in this very city; negotiators at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: rightly termed, the “Earth…
Read post →This is the 2nd in a series of daily Morning Inquisitions from Generation Next to Rio+20 Negotiators on strategy…
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As the first month of the year passed by in a flash and the New Year hype came to an…
Read post →Canada – you can’t have your cake and eat it too! Approving Total’s Joslyn tar sands mine during the UN climate summit in Durban is like a slap in the face for developing countries here at the international climate change negotiations.
Read post →Just as Kent began his speech, six youth stood and turned away from the Minister revealing the message “Turn your back on Canada” prominently displayed on their shirts.
Read post →“Canada does not have a plan for the tar sands, Canada does not have a plan for water, Canada does not have a plan for energy, yet this government can come here and not listen to the people. You don’t have to be a wise man to see the world being destroyed!”
Read post →While Canada’s Environment Minister claims he will be defending tar sands industry at these negotiations, the South African High Commissioner is making allegations of Canada ‘arm-twisting’ vulnerable nations to leave the Kyoto Protocol.
Read post →While some delegates negotiate another lose political agreement without teeth, others here are fighting for their lives. Obviously the more important things are happening outside of the conference center. On today’s Global Action Day protesters slammed government negotiators for their lack of progress to agree to an effective deal on climate change.
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