For some, a tiny tax outweighs massive environmental destruction (more…)
Archive | December, 2009
And you thought carbon offsets couldn't get worse!
Climate and Capitalism has frequently commented on two widespread illusions – that global warming is caused by overpopulation, and that buying offsets is an effective way to combat greenhouse gas emissions. I never imagined that anyone would try to combine them. (more…)
Inside Report: How ALBA Fought for Humanity in Copenhagen
Evo Morales: “I have heard many debates in the UN where presidents condemn climate change but they never say what causes it. We say clearly that it is caused by capitalism.” (more…)
What Next for the Global Climate Movement?
A movement of movements is already starting to take shape. Spurred into action by the announcement of the Accord, activists came together on the Saturday after the COP to discuss building a united global movement in each country. (more…)
Fidel Castro: We must continue to defend humanity's right to life
In the meetings leading up to Copenhagen, it became clear that the leaders of the USA and the other wealthiest countries were maneuvering to place the burden of sacrifice on the emergent and poor countries. (more…)
Curing the Post-Copenhagen Hangover
Uncivil society will have to take up the slack and apply direct pressure, starting with the slogan ‘leave the oil in the soil, the coal in the hole and the tarsand in the land!’ (more…)
Bolivia Calls World Conference of Social Movements
April 22, 2010: International Day of Mother Earth (more…)
Tanuro: Excellent News from Copenhagen
More and more people understand that climate degradation is not the outcome of “human activity” in general but of a mode of an unsustainable mode of production and consumption (more…)
Hugo Chavez: A Battle for the Planet Has Begun
“Copenhagen is not the end, I repeat, but a beginning: the doors have been opened for a universal debate on how to save the planet, life on the planet. The battle continues.” (more…)
Copenhagen: A Turning Point for the Climate Movement
The number of demonstrators on the streets of Copenhagen is a proof positive that it is possible to develop mass mobilisations on the issue of global warming (more…)
Fidel: The Truth About Copenhagen
The truth can be stronger than the influenced and often misinformed minds of those holding in their hands the destiny of the world. (more…)
Surprise: Harper likes it!
Conclusive proof that the Copenhagen Accord is a dangerous hoax that will have no effect on emissions: (more…)
ALBA and G77 Denounce Copenhagen Sham
“Obama, acting the way he did, definitely established that there’s no difference between him and the Bush tradition” (more…)
Full Text: Chavez Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
“Socialism, this is the direction, this is the path to save the planet, I don’t have the least doubt. Capitalism is the road to hell, to the destruction of the world.” (more…)
Copenhagen: Chavez Salutes Climate Protestors
“I have been reading some of the slogans painted in the streets … One said, ‘Don’t Change the Climate, Change the System!’ – And I bring that on board for us. Let’s not change the climate. Let’s change the system!” (more…)
Countering critics of a cap-and-trade critique
By Patrick Bond Eight million people have viewed Annie Leonard’s The Story of Stuff video since December 2007, and her new nine-minute The Story of Cap and Trade received 400,000 hits in the two weeks after its December 1 launch. The film, produced by Free Range Studios, was developed in collaboration with the Durban Group for […]
Venezuela: What's Happening in Copenhagen is Unacceptable
Developed nations will be judged by the world for what they are doing at the moment … we are not going to let them get away with it (more…)
Interview with Bolivia's Climate Change Ambassador
For the capitalist system everything, nature – even other humans – is considered an object that you can use to obtain a profit. What we are seeing is the consequence of this vision (more…)
Klimaforum: A People's Declaration on Climate Change
System Change, not Climate Change! Statement issued by Klimaform09 in Copenhagen, December 10, 2009 (more…)
Copenhagen eyewitness: The rising tide of climate justice
A first-hand report from the largest climate protest ever (more…)