Carta de Belem Group Statement in the context of COP 19 on Climate Change
Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese in the same file: Carta de Belem Group Statement in the context of COP 19 on Climate...
read moreSpecial section on COP 19 of the Climate Change Convention
The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will take place from 11 to 22 November. The conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland.
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Climate Summit: Don’t turn farmers into ‘climate smart’ carbon traders! PRESS RELEASE
Media release of La Vía Campesina | GRAIN | ETC Group. 7 November 2013. Farmers produce food, not carbon. Yet, if some of the governments and corporate lobbies negotiating at the UN climate change conference to be held in Warsaw from...
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Statement open for signatures: No to Biodiversity Offsetting!
This statement is open for signatures from organizations, groups, networks, associations, collectives! To sign up please send an email to: nobiodiversityoffsets@gmail.com “No to Biodiversity Offsetting!” Around the world, ecosystems...
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EU and big polluters ignore climate action – pushing to expand carbon markets at COP19 – PRESS RELEASE
Brussels, 7th November 2013. The EU aims to expand carbon markets that would benefit big polluters at the UN climate talks, COP19 in Poland, says a statement signed by 130+ groups, movements and networks. The Statement denounces the...
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Books and Briefings
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Observations on a private REDD project in the state of Acre, Brazil
Study conducted by the Centro de Memória das Lutas e Movimentos Sociais da Amazônia. Document published in “Leyes, políticas y economía verde al servicio del despojo de los pueblos” (Laws, policies and green economy at the...
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Masking the Destruction: REDD+ in the Peruvian Amazon
By Joanna Cabello, World Rainforest Movement Document published in “Leyes, políticas y economía verde al servicio del despojo de los pueblos” (Laws, policies and green economy at the expense of communities dispossession)...
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The Monte Pascoal‐Pau Brasil ecological corridor carbon, community and biodiversity initiative: another carbon offset failure
by Jutta Kill, World Rainforest Movement. Document published in “Leyes, políticas y economía verde al servicio del despojo de los pueblos” (Laws, policies and green economy at the expense of communities dispossession)...
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Eucalyptus Plantations for Energy: A Case Study of Suzano’s plantations for wood pellet exports in the Baixo Parnaíba region, Maranhão, Brazil
Also available in Portuguese. This is the first documented case of a land-grab in Brazil for biomass destined for power stations in the UK. The authors of the Brazilian case study are Ivonete Gonçalves de Souza (CEPEDES) and Winfridus...
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Tree plantations in the South to generate energy in the North: A new threat to communities and forests
Apparently out of concern over climate change and the urgent need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels, the governments of the North – particularly those of the member states of the European Union,...
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Other Relevant Information
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Warsaw COP19: So much distraction, so little real action
By FERN. Although no progress was made toward a new global climate treaty at the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in November in Warsaw, decisions were made concerning...
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Flawed Logic: Why forests cannot offset fossil fuel emissions
To coincide with the COP19 UN climate negotiations in Warsaw, Greenpeace has released a short briefing explaining why forests cannot offset fossil fuel emissions. By Greenpeace, November 2013 The fossil fuel industry frequently argues that...
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75 african groups demand obama stop pushing dirty energy through “power africa” initiative
Friends of the Earth Africa. Commemoration of saro-wiwa murder reinforces demand to wean off dirty energy. NOVEMBER 10, 2013 As the world commemorates the anniversary of the murder of playwright and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, remembrance...
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Posición de la Mesa de Cambio Climático de El Salvador ante la fase actual del proceso multilateral de negociaciones sobre cambio climático
Only available in Spanish. Este documento plantea los elementos fundamentales de la posición adoptada por la Mesa de Cambio Climático-El Salvador, y suscritos por las organizaciones sociales y de pueblos indígenas abajo...
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REDD+ and the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and forest Degradation
The Global Forest Coalition launched a new report on ‘REDD+ and the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and forest Degradation’ based on five case studies in Brazil, Colombia, India, Uganda and Tanzania elaborated by national...
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