The massive new demand for agrofuels is escalating deforestation and resulting in conversion of biodiverse and carbon-rich native forests and grasslands into biologically barren and carbon-poor industrial tree plantations and other crop monocultures. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Erratic rainfall has already caused food shortages in southern Africa. Yields will fall in nine percent between now and 2045. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a...
A new organization of grassroots activists who are in the forefront of the fight for Native rights was created at the Defenders of the Land Gathering Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Introduction: In this important contribution to the ongoing debate over “individual” versus “social” solutions to global warming and ecological destruction, the editor of Synthesis/Regeneration directly and convincingly challenges the mainstream myth that the capitalist...
“The government needs to recognize that First Nations have the legal and constitutional right to be consulted and now we demand that consent be part of the equation.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens...
Obama’s victory marks a real turn in the energy and climate policy of the United States, one that will be carried out at the expense of American workers and the peoples of the world Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
The ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ is grossly ineffective and enormously unjust Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share...
The UN Climate Conference failed to achieve any breakthrough towards a global climate deal — a sign not merely of bad timing, but of a flawed system that takes no account of climate justice Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
This Declaration was prepared by a committee elected at the Paris Ecosocialist Conference of 2007 (Ian Angus, Joel Kovel, Michael Löwy), with the help of Danielle Follett. It will be distributed at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, in January 2009. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
Members of Climate Justice Now! — a worldwide alliance of more than 160 organisations — have been in Poznan for the past two weeks closely following developments in the UN climate negotiations. This statement is our assessment of the Conference of Parties (COP) 14, and articulates our principles...
