• 9 December 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  They Did It

  Peasants in Cancun are satisfied with mobilizations and call organizations to work jointly

  La Via Campesina considers December 7th was a historical day as a result of the international mobilizations for climate justice held under the theme “Thousands of Cancuns”. The peasant leaders highlight that they were able to convey their “1000 solutions” in the Mexican city where the UN COP16 on Climate is being carried out and that they strengthened their alliances with other social movements. Read more

• 9 December 2010 | News | COP 16

  

  Influence of Cochabamba in Cancun

  Rafael Alegria (Via Campesina) and the continuity of the Peoples´ Conference held in Bolivia

  Honduran leader Rafael Alegria explained at the UN COP16 on Climate Change the meaning of the Peoples´ Agreement on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth created in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in April, 2010. The member of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC- Via Campesina Central America) said that one of the main conclusions of the Peoples´ Conference is the fact that the future of humankind is threatened by an unfair economic system such as capitalism, that aims to profit without limits, and does not take into account the destruction of natural resources and of the climate it causes. Read more

• 8 December 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Sharing Knowledge

  Progressive governments defend positions of social movements at the COP16

  The Bolivian and Paraguayan governments participated on Tuesday in the Assembly of Social Movements in Cancun, near the Moon Palace Hotel, where the official climate negotiations are taking place. Read more

• 8 December 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Keepers of Life

  The voices of the peoples at the climate negotiations in Cancun

  Recognizing the rights of the people and taking care of nature to avoid the worsening of the environmental crisis are issues that are worrying the social movements participating in the activities parallel to the COP16 in Cancun. Read more

• 8 December 2010 | Chronicles | COP 16

  

  Inside and Outside

  Reports from the mobilization and inside the official space of the negotiations

  On Tuesday, December 7th, social movements present in Cancun for the UN Climate Conference organized a mass mobilization in the streets and also raised their demands inside the space of the official negotiations. Social organizations are already speaking of a “Cancun-hagen”, comparing the utter failure of the negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, last year to what is occurring in this Mexican city now, filled with secrecy and lack of transparency. Read more

• 7 December 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Cold Production

  Peasants raise proposals to the COP16 and question process

  Once again, peasants are present at the activities parallel to the UN climate talks, this time in Cancun, Mexico. The message is “peasant agriculture cools down the planet” and La Via Campesina is a leader in this struggle. Anyway, the lack of trust in the negotiations is increasing. Read more

• 7 December 2010 | Special reports | COP 16

  

  Life and Climate Justice

  March to demand climate justice and remember activist dead during WTO negotiations

  On Sunday morning, hundreds of people marched from La Via Campesina´s camp in Cancun to Plaza de la Reforma. The goal of the mobilization is “Life and Climate Justice” and to remember Lee Kyung Hae the activist that died during WTO negotiations. Read more

• 6 December 2010 | News | COP 16

  

  Double-Edged

  Brazil and its role at the international climate talks

  The role of Brazil at the negotiations of the COP16 on Climate Change in Cancun is considered “contradictory” by environmentalist organization Nucleo/Friends of the Earth Brazil (NAT), which is following the process closely and is participating in the parallel activities. Read more

• 6 December 2010 | Special reports | COP 16

  

  Building Solutions

  Global Forum “For Life, Environmental and Social Justice” in Cancun

  On Saturday, over 1500 people participated in the opening ceremony of the space organized by La Via Campesina in Cancun to denounce the false solutions to climate change promoted at the official negotiations of the COP16 and to spread the real solutions raised by the grassroots movement. Read more

• 5 December 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Not Here

  Organizations march to reject presence of the World Bank in climate finance

  On Friday, at the South-South Summit on Climate Justice and Climate Finance which is being carried out as part of the activities parallel to the COP16, there was a demonstration in Cancun called by international network Jubilee South. Several members of the environmentalist federation Friends of the Earth participated. Read more

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