Title: A Window to a New World Published by: Organizing Upgrade Date: January 2010 Excerpt: “In December, a delegation of racial, economic, and environmental justice organizers went to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Negotiations. They were there fighting for real...
Title: It’s Too Late to Compromise on Climate Published by: YES! Magazine Date: December 2009 Excerpt: “Tens of millions of lives are at stake in Copenhagen and beyond. Literally. Our profit- and growth-based economy has pushed the planet’s life systems to...
Towards a Coordinated and Powerful Climate Justice Movement in the US! by Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan, December 18, 2009 (updated 12/21) The Copenhagen round of the UNFCCC 15th Conference of Parties has ended in failure. It is essential for the future of life on this...
What’s At Stake In Copenhagen by Mateo Nube, December 17, 2009 La Paz, Bolivia, where I was born and spent my first 18 years “could perhaps be the first large urban casualty of climate change,” according to The New York Times. [1] I’ve been tracking the melting...
COP15 Talks Collapse: Now We Build toward Victory in Mexico City Post from Gopal Dayaneni December 16, 2009 (10:30AM PST) Talks collapsed today. NGOs (mainstream NGO’s we don’t trust) did a sit-in in the lobby of the Bella Center because they were excluded from the...
Highlights from Copenhagen by Gopal Dayaneni (edited by Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan) December 2009 Here are some highlights on the work of the delegation & my work here so far: 1) “No Decisions About Us Without Us!” They are severely restricting access to the Bella...
