Rich countries are showing little political will to agree to second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol at the upcoming Durban meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
The Brazilian Northeast region is marked by a history of struggle against poverty, social inequalities and the fight against drought. 86.48 per cent of the region has a semi-arid climate, where it...
It was indeed a global day of action with thousands of people that turned up to march together in solidarity for Climate Justice to the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban.This was ahead...
"I am not one who will sit and wait for the government to make a decision," was Wade Luzny’s response when I asked what he was doing at the COP17 in Durban.Wade Luzny is a Canadian working with the...
I have to say from the onset that I am not an activist as such. In fact, I don’t have the grace, power and consistency to be one, but I am a social noisemaker. Social evils that affect the masses...
Even with all the stand-offs, mistrust and sharp differences of opinion on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that continue to mar this year’s climate summit in Durban, some of the people who are...
As world leaders meet for the next two weeks in Durban to discuss the fate of the many people affected by climate change, there is an alternative space that has been created at the University...
While gathering at the ‘speaker’s corner’ near the International Convention Centre, civil society organizations from different countries and regions made a plea not to be sold down the river by the...
The world is converging in Durban for the COP17 conference and we are all watching, waiting... Well at least it felt like it. Until last night. The Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) kicked off, where 500...
