• 1 December 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Step Forward

  Bolivia at the UN climate talks

  Bolivia warns at the Climate Change conference in Cancun that they are not willing to “sell themselves out” or “kneel” to the pressure of the US to accept an agreement that does not recognize the industrialized countries obligations to the world. Bolivian UN Ambassador, Pablo Solon, considered this pressure as “despicable extortion efforts”. Read more

• 30 November 2010 | News | COP 16

  

  Black and White

  Friends of the Earth warns about the threat of REDD at the COP16

  In the beginning of the negotiations on climate change of the United Nations, the federation of environmentalist organizations Friends of the Earth International launched a report that shows that the mechanism known as “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries” (REDD) will cause more harm than good. Read more

• 30 November 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Doubts

  Uncertainty at the beginning of climate talks

  The official negotiations of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change started on Monday in Cancun, Mexico, amid an atmosphere of uncertainty and concern, both at governmental level and at the level of the civil society, due to the actions of the local government and the most powerful countries in the world. Read more

• 30 November 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Pay!

  Interview with FoEI Economic Justice Program Coordinator

  The lack of will of industrialized countries to fulfill their emission reduction and adequate climate finance commitments is worrying the social movements present at the COP 16 on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico. These countries are “deceiving the whole world by saying that they are providing funds for the Global South to adapt to climate change, because that´s a lie”, said Friends of the Earth International´s Economic Justice Program Coordinator, Sebastian Valdomir, in an interview with Real World Radio. Read more

• 29 November 2010 | Interviews | COP 16

  

  Obsolete Model

  Discussions on climate justice and climate finance in Cancun

  Representatives of social movements and organizations of around 30 African, Asian and Latin American countries are meeting in Cancun, Mexico, on Friday, to share their work on climate finance and coordinate future actions. The meeting will take place until December 5th. Read more

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