More critical reflections on climate justice
We just had the pleasure to read the article “Point of Reference for a counter hegemony or nebulous empty phrase?” offering critical reflections on climate justice. Two elements made the article - a summary of discussion ongoing within the BUKO working group on social ecology - particularly interesting (to us): its emphasis on the discursive [...]
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 [...]
Climate policies are devastating tribal people
A new report by Survival International highlights how tribal and indigenous peoples are suffering the consequences of global warming and climate forcing twice: once because of the climatic changes themselves; a second time because of climate policies. The report is called “The most inconvenient truth of all: climate change and indigenous people” (PDF), and discusses [...]
350 reasons against carbon trading
Reporting the Press Release:
Climate Activists to Expose Carbon Trading Scam for “350” Global Day of Action
What: An online video report exploring 350 reasons why “carbon trading” will not work, as well as printed literature distributed at dozens of “350” events around the world. They will be available for download at www.350reasons.org.
The activities are [...]
Termina sus sesiones la primera audiencia del Tribunal Etico Internacional de Justicia Climatica
Termina sus sesiones la primera audiencia del Tribunal Etico Internacional de Justicia Climatica
Nota de Prensa.- Justicia Climatica/Bolivia:
En un emotivo evento terminó el miércoles la Primera Audiencia Preliminar del Tribunal Internacional de Justicia Climática realizado los días 13 y 14 de Octubre en la ciudad de Cochabamba, Estado plurinacional de Bolivia. El dictámen preliminar de [...]
Reconstruing Cultures of Sustainable Consumption and Climate Justice: Towards a Deconstruction of the Global Polity
This newly published paper intends to correct the downstream outlook of the IPCC scientific body by focusing upon the putative lessons from the field of sustainable consumption, and in so doing, achieve climate justice. In particular, the socio-psychological approach set against a social constructivist backdrop adopted by Tim Jackson is heeded. Jackson’s discourse towards the [...]
Newsletter Article from Eco Pax Mundi Kenya
“What does the commandment “Thou shall not kill” mean when twenty percent of the world’s population consumes resources at a rate that robs poorer nations and future generations of what they need to survive? What does it mean to respect life when 30,000 people die each day from poverty? What does it mean to [...]
