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Letter to the Ministers and Delegates of the UNFCC at Poznan
1Sky ♦ Ceres ♦ Clean Water Action ♦ Compassion, Peace and Justice Ministries,Presbyterian Church (USA) ♦ Earthjustice ♦ Environmental Defense...
Poznan Declaration: World vs. Bank
Statement Submitted to the World Bank by Friends of the Earth and Focus on the Global South, Signed on by...
Fast Facts on International Targets: Sign of Hope, or Just Hot Air?
Reuters has compiled a helpful cheatsheet on country-by-country climate targets (see below). Reminding ourselves (and our leaders) of these targets...
Clean Development Mechanism: Dump It, Don't Expand It
For immediate release. The UN´s Clean Development Mechanism is beyond repair and should be dumped, climate justice campaigners told delegates...
Treading Hot Water: Climate Negotiations in Poznan
The UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, December 1-12, 2008 The world’s governments are converging on Poznan, Poland over the...
Xiaoxi and Xiaogushan CDM Hydropower Projects: Report from a Field Trip
EU legislation known as the Linking Directive states that CDM credits from hydropower projects larger than 20MW can only be...
Dirty Hydro: Dams and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hydropower is often believed to be an inherently “climate-friendly” technology. But scientific studies indicate that the rotting of organic matter...
Are We There Yet? Climate Change's Tipping Point
Is the financial crisis the disaster that the climate change movement has been waiting for? After the release of each...
WCI Offsets Offer a Way Out for Polluters
Leonardo DiCaprio. The Rolling Stones. Now add seven western state governors and four Canadian premiers. These are the most recent...
Rip-Offsets: The Failure of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is supposed to catalyze climate-friendly projects in low-income countries by allowing developers to generate revenue...