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Time nearly up for global leaders to seal the Paris climate deal, illegitimate and immoral even before it is sealed?
The Paris Climate Summit, happening from 30 November to 11 December, is due to conclude a new international agreement to limit global average temperature rise and avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change.
The historical responsibility and climate vulnerability conundrum: real or conjured?
The 21st meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) only has a few days left to smooth out an international agreement for measures that will keep the world and its inhabitants safe.
Climate Activists raise alarm bells vs corporate capture of climate
Climate justice activists gathered at the Climate Action Zone in Paris during the COP 21 to raise the alarm on the corporate capture of climate at the global policy levels, and also at the implementation climate-related policies at national and community levels.
Redefining vulnerability and dodging responsibility: the more things change, the more they stay the same
The 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), meeting in Paris with the objective of coming to an agreement on global efforts that will respond to the increasing impacts of climate change, entered its second week of negotiations yesterday.
Women Rise for Climate Justice at COP21
Women activists, grassroots leaders, and advocates danced the One Billion Rising at the Climate Action Zone in Paris during the COP21 to demand governments to set emission cut targets that will hold global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius and provide reparations for the climate debt incurred by developed counties because of their unsustainable consumption and production practices.
Heading for higher ground: Climate crisis, migration and the need for justice and system change
Heading for higher ground: Climate crisis, migration and the need for justice and system change
Not just an agreement, but a just agreement needed
Three days into the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), negotiations are nearing fever pitch as the December 4 deadline for a revised draft text of the Paris climate agreement looms.
SIGN ON STATEMENT: 20 years of the WTO is enough! Junk WTO!
It has been two decades since the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which created a multilateral trading system encompassing trade in goods, services, agriculture, and intellectual property.
Global Peoples' Surge in Paris: Voices of Frontline Communities
People & Planet in Crisis: Frontline Communities’ Voices on Climate Justice and System Change