Tag Archives: Kyoto Protocol

In search of the voice of the South


December 22, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

With international diplomacy at the UN deadlocked on issues like climate change, new regional formations offer a way forward. An air of busyness fills the conference chamber of the United Nations in Geneva. Arabic dances past French on the escalators, … read more »

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New UN climate deal struck, critics say gains modest

December 12, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming. A … read more »

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Coalition growing for new deal on greenhouse gas cuts

December 9, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Rich and poor nations at climate change talks are lining up behind an EU plan for achieving a global pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2015, under pressure to reach some kind of a deal before Friday’s planned end … read more »

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Reactionaries and revolutionaries

December 8, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Nigerians are applauding the resuscitation of an anti-homosexual bill which began back in 2006, yet they remains quiet about this week’s  COP17 negotiations. Why isn’t there more outrage on the blogosphere about ‘the real, and not imaginary danger’ of climate … read more »

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African climate CDMs ‘Can’t Deliver the Money’

December 8, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Patrick Bond and Michael Dorsey Africa is being cooked by climate change, and those causing the crisis should compensate the victims. This is probably the only hope for any top-down action at the Durban COP17 this week, with the Green … read more »

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COP17: The great escape III

December 8, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

After nine days of negotiations there is no doubt that we saw this movie before. It is the third remake of Copenhagen and Cancun. Same actors. Same script. The documents are produced outside the formal negotiating scenario. In private meetings, … read more »

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Climate Change-Africa: Marching for 100 Percent Change

December 4, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

by Kristin Palitza (durban, south africa) Sunday, December 04, 2011 Inter Press Service Chanting loudly, thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets to the venue of the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference to demand that their voices be heard … read more »

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Africa leads climate push as its people go hungry

November 21, 2011 by benim

Africa is leading the push for clean energy policy-making as climate change turns millions of its people into “food refugees”, the head of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner said. “On the African continent, there is sometimes more leadership … read more »

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South Africa upbeat about UN climate change talks

June 23, 2011 by benim

South Africa is optimistic about the United Nations climate change conference which will be held in Durban later this year, the country’s deputy minister for environmental affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Wednesday. According to the South African Press Association (SAPA), … read more »

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South Africa takes heat for burning coal

March 29, 2011 by benim

The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks later this year. Africa’s largest economy is overhauling its energy policy, looking to more than … read more »

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Madagascar must wake up to climate change – and not just at election time

November 11, 2010 by benim

The lack of effective information and active citizen engagement are among the reasons why the impact of climate change has been felt so strongly in Madagascar. There has been a flagrant degradation of all natural resources, and the Malagasy state … read more »

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