The Earth Democracy Conference builds on the “Declaration” adopted by the Ecojustice People’s Movement Assembly at the 2010 US Social Forum. As part of The Earth Democracy Conference that brings together people who are working on the frontlines of the ecojustice movement, IPS’ Daphne Wysham will be featured on this panel, Debunking Carbon Markets and the Neo-liberal “Green” Economy.
They did it! After pre-announcing that no major decisions would result from Cancun talks and nearly two weeks of debates and discussions, the army of international climate change negotiators reached an agreement fully in line with the low expectations for it.
Earth’s rarity as a planet that supports advanced life is argument enough to handle it with care.
As the nation’s largest sustainability event, Green Festival seeks not only to bring an amazing weekend of education and fun to each city, but also to leave a lasting impact. As a prelude to this year’s events IPS’ Sustainable Energy and Economy Network is co-sponsoring a talk with the Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Pablo Solon, who will speak on the topic “Climate Change: Policy and Negotiations.”
Our environmental radio show survives another recession year. The host, Daphne Wysham, tells its story.
Think the freak snowstorms disproved climate change science? Think again.
Offshore accounts keep island economies afloat. But they also might sink them.
The fate of our planet is no laughing matter.
Given the continuing confusion within the climate policy community, the media, and even among governments themselves, there is an urgent need to set the record straight on the actual results of the Copenhagen summit, to reinforce the reasons why a UN climate process is so critical, and to point to some possible ways forward to a successful conclusion at Cancun in December 2010.
Al Gore didn’t even touch upon what the world needs to do to avert a global warming catastrophe.
Like Hamlet, Shakespeare’s conflicted Prince of Denmark, China was caught between conflicting currents in Copenhagen. Its failure to manage these challenges, argues columnist Walden Bello, led to its biggest diplomatic debacle in years.
Thanks to climate change, our ship’s about to smash into the great iceberg of greed.
Cap and trade is a scheme that tries to sell business-as-usual as a solution to global warming.
Climate change is serious, and we can’t afford to hand the fate of the planet over to the very polluters, banks, and traders that have gotten us into this mess.
A first-hand account of a House meeting on Copenhagen and climate change.