The Bhilangana Dam on troubled watersWednesday, 07 October 2009 | Tamra Gilbertson ‘It’s a lie, we don’t want this dam! No, no!’
— a community resident near the Bhilangana Dam in Uttarakhand
Run-of-the-river dams have been promoted as renewable energy projects with promised social and ecological benefits under the CDM regime; but a... Read More
Mausam (issues 2-5) Talking Climate in Public SpaceWednesday, 07 October 2009 | NESPON, NFFPFW and Nagarik Mancha
Mausam magazine is designed to "challenge the 'intellectual fiefdom' established by governments, profiteers, and 'experts' of various shades and hues on issues of global warming and its solutions by providing space to alternative view points and voices, which are often wiser and more... Read More
Report Calls for the Rejection of REDD in Climate TreatyThursday, 01 October 2009 | Indigenous Environmental Network
Indigenous Environmental Network calls for solutions that reduce emissions, protect forests and respect rights
In a report released today, the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) predicts dire consequences for Indigenous peoples, biodiversity and the climate alike if the new,... Read More
C Words: carbon, climate, capital, culture, How did you get here and where are we going?Tuesday, 29 September 2009 | Platform Exhibitions
Sat 3 Oct - Sun 29 Nov, 10am - 6pm (Closed Mondays)
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"The energy and climate-change crisis stands as a unique social and ecological challenge... Those least responsible for climate change are the worst affected by it..." Vandana Shiva, Indian Activist,... Read More
Marketing the ClimateThursday, 17 September 2009 | Tamra Gilbertson
Brazil: Plantar’s ‘new’ eucalyptus projects advance towards CDM validation
In mid-July the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board accepted a new methodology proposed as part of the controversial Plantar project in Minas Gerais, Brazil (see background on Plantar on... Read More
Carbon Trading : a brief introductionMonday, 07 September 2009 | Oscar Reyes
Carbon trading is allowing industrialised countries and companies to avoid their emissions reduction targets. It takes two main forms: “cap and trade” and “carbon offsetting.”
What is cap and trade?
Under cap and trade schemes, governments or intergovernmenal... Read More
Indonesia: Sinar Resmi Declaration on climate change and REDDMonday, 31 August 2009 | Chris Lang
From 5-8 August 2009, the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara – AMAN) held a national consultation of indigenous communities on Climate Change and REDD. At the end of the meeting, the participants produced the Sinar Resmi Declaration... Read More
Declaration of the Africa People's Movement on Climate ChangeSunday, 30 August 2009 | Africa Peoples Movement on Climate Change Confronting the climate crisis: Preparing for Copenhagen and beyond
Nairobi, Kenya, August 30, 2009 -- We, the leaders of various people's movements, community-based groups, academia, NGOs and civil cociety organisations, met in Nairobi under the banner of the People's Movement on... Read More
Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador reject REDDTuesday, 11 August 2009 | Chris Lang
CONFENIAE, the confederation of indigenous peoples from the Ecuadorian Amazon (the Ecuadorian member organization of COICA), issued a statement on 3 August 2009 which strongly rejects REDD:
“We reject the negotiations on our forests, such as REDD projects, because they try to take away... Read More
A fight to save the Amazon RainforestFriday, 19 June 2009 | Joanna Cabello
After another round of climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, it is
clear that the economic powers are pushing for a treaty that will do
better in reinforcing the neoliberal agenda than mitigating global
warming. While these technical and misleading climate jargon discourses
happen at the... Read More
2009 Carbon Trade Watch