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Other Spaces of Convergence during the COP21
People’s Climate Summit – Lycée Jean Jaurès, Metro station Mairie de Montreuil (line 9)Launch of the book e Secure and the Dispossessed, How the Military and Corpora- tions are shaping a...
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FOCUS in Paris
Outside the COP21 'negotiations' where nothing substantial will yet be again achieved, there are spaces where we will be converging to talk about real issues affecting real people & communities;...
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It's time to get angry: Climate justice activists call on everyone to reject...
Paris. 05 December 2015.--In a jam-packed conference hall in Le Parole errante in Paris representatives of groups and movements from the Climate Space discussed their prognosis of the Paris talks, and...
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Paris COP21: Solving a real and present crisis with false and unjust solutions
By Dorothy Grace GuerreroAuthor: Dorothy Grace Guerrero
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The Real Divisions Over Climate Change
ByHerbert DocenaHerbert is a former staff member of Focus. He is in Paris monitoring the developments inside and outside the talks.Photo Caption: Which road to systems change? Photo by Joseph...
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Press Statement: Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being...
10th December, Paris: Representatives of social movements, grassroots and community groups, and environmental campaigning organisations, between them representing millions of people across the globe,...
View ArticleFocus' Shalmali Guttal reports on the public gathering of fishers dubbed...
Author: Shalmali Guttal
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COP21: The World Demands Better
Text and Photos by Joseph PuruggananAuthor: Joseph Purugganan
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Paris Outcome: An unjust deal for the Filipino People
Statement of the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice Photos by Joseph Purugganan
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Climate Change and the Agriculture Crisis: Agroecology as a Solution (Hindi...
Campaigns & Programmes: Climate and Environmental JusticeAuthor: Parul ThapaCountry Programmes: IndiaClimate Change and the Agriculture Crisis (Hindi Version).pdf
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Capitalism V. Climate: System Change, Yes, But How Do We Proceed? | A Public...
The UP Asian Center, in collaboration with NGOs and civil society organizations, will hold a public conversation, “Capitalism v. Climate: System Change, Yes, But How Do We Proceed?,” featuring as lead...
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Life in the Company of Coal
by Parth M.NThis article is from ruralindiaonline.org; Photos courtesy: Srijan Lokhit Samiti
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How Did Leaders Respond to the People’s Climate March?
About 400,000 people went to the streets on September 21st to ask for real actions to address climate change. It was the greatest climate march in history. The UN Climate Summit organized by Secretary...
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Time to Take Power from the Polluters: Lima Failed to Deliver Real Solutions...
After 11 full days of intense negotiations, the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) held in Lima, Peru ended last week with proposals...
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Notes for Understanding the Lima Outcome
Pablo SolónDecember 20, 2014The “Lima call for climate action” which came out of the recent UN climate talks, establishes a roadmap to a post-2020 agreement that will be weaker than the ongoing Cancun...
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Pablo Solón on COP20 and Carbon Markets
"The carbon market is a mechanism to keep polluting if you’re able to pay," says Pablo Solón of the global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under negotiation at the United Nations Climate...
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How the US-China Deal Subverted the Lima Climate Talks
Hopes that the so-called COP 20 (Conference of Parties 20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) would deliver an outcome that would reverse the momentum towards climate...
View ArticleInternational NGOs Call for Transparency in Murder Investigation of...
On January 12, Amazon Watch and 13 other environmental and human rights organizations -- including Focus on the Global South -- urged the Ecuadorian government to ensure a just, transparent, and...
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Is the Philippines Squandering Its Moral Authority on Climate Change?
With its exposure to extremely violent typhoons that have taken thousands of lives, the Philippines has become the poster child for the malevolent effects of climate change. This has conferred a kind...
View ArticleThe Impasse on Progressive Action to Address Climate Change: A Southern...
24 February 2015 Last week in New Delhi, we participated in an interactive session to discuss recent international climate negotiations and talks, as well as to gather perspectives from activists on...
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