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Tag Archives: climate justice
Will Durban deliver? There is much indecision
The Durban Conference of Parties is over. There may be a signed document to show for the conference, however this document, laying the way for the Durban Platform, merely saved the negotiations. Potentially irreversible and catastrophic climate change is still … Continue reading
Durban: Is unanimity necessary?
The annual COP17 climate change conference in Durban has begun. Between 28 November and 9 December, representatives from governments across the world, international organisations and civil society will gather together in Durban to debate and advance the Kyoto Protocol, the … Continue reading
Neo-liberal growth-based economics: Bad for the climate, great for inequality?
In QCEA’s recent discussion paper, “Sustainable Growth or Growth vs. Sustainability – Examining the relationships between resource use, climate emissions and economic growth”, the purpose of economic growth is questioned. One of the core assumptions of the neo-liberal free market … Continue reading
Climate Justice Testimony
This is my Climate Justice Testimony from the Climate Justice demonstration in Brussels, November 28th, 2010, prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference Cancun – COP 16. The European Commission ran a public consultation on the Roadmap for a … Continue reading
