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COP16 saves UN process–at what cost?

COP16 in Cancún ended recently with agreements signed by all but one of the 194 nations. The UN-sponsored negotiating process moves forward, but at what cost? The facts about the Cancún accord: It calls for deep cuts in carbon emissions … Continue reading →

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The rights of nature, from Cochabamba to Cancún

They didn’t get much press—the 15,000 or so people who gathered last April in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for a different kind of climate gathering. Discouraged by what the world “leaders” failed to accomplish last December at the UN meeting in Copenhagen, … Continue reading →

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