In The Wake of Copenhagen’s Foretold Failure, Popular Referendum for Climate Justice
In view of the profound differences found between presidents and continents in the Copenhagen climate summit, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales proposes to conduct a referendum with the peoples of the world for an agreement that could save Mother Earth from the abuses of capitalism.
“Because we have deep differences from president to president, lets ask the [...]
Climate justice and a critique of carbon trading
A new book has been just launched to coincide with COP15 at Copenhagen: Upsetting the Offset: The Political Economy of Carbon Markets, a collection of papers edited by Steffen Böhm and Siddhartha Dabhi, of University of Essex. For those of you in or around Copenhagen, the book will be presented at Lund University, Sweden [...]
Civil Society Declaration on Technology and Precaution at COP15 in Copenhagen
Technology transfer is one of the four key topics being discussed under negotiations on Long-Term Cooperative Actions in Copenhagen (the others are mitigation, adaptation and financing). The inter-governmental negotiating text that is under discussion contemplates various measures for accelerating the diffusion of technologies. It will most likely create an ʻAction Planʼ as well as a [...]
The story of cap and trade
The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution - emissions trading - on the negotiating table at Copenhagen and in other capitals. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in [...]
