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  • European mobilization «rights for people, rules for business»
    We call on EU governments to hold companies operating in the EU legally accountable for harm they cause to people and the environment around the world. Help ensure that European companies put people and the environment before profits.! Sign the petition on www.rightsforpeople.org/?lan... and join us on Facebook and (...)
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  • South Africa's Neoliberal Water Policies Exacerbate the Effects of Climate Change on the Poor
    The South African Civil Society Information Service /// 22/11/2011
    One of the major threats stemming from climate change is increased water scarcity. The South African government’s National Climate Change Response White Paper released in October this year argues, (...)
  • 22/11/2011
    Declaration Building People’s Sovereignty in South East Asia Region Refuse and Oppose the Domination of Global Capitalism Bali - November 18, 2011 We, Indonesian people, representations of (...)
  • 20 years to…where?
    Down to earth /// 06/10/2011
    Next year, in June, world leaders will get together in the joyful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to mark 20 years of UNCED—the Earth Summit (see Down to Earth, May 15, 1992). Unbelievably, it (...)
  • As COP17 approaches: Dirty Durban's manual for climate greenwashing
    Links /// 06/10/2011
    Will the host city for the November-December world climate summit, COP17, clean up its act? The launch of Durban’s strategy, Towards a Low Carbon City suggests the new municipal leaders are (...)
  • COP 17 and Rumours of 'Success': What Should One Expect?
    The South African Civil Society Information Service /// 05/10/2011
    The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations to be hosted in Durban later this year, with this round of talks commonly referred to as COP 17, must not be seen (...)
  • To save the climate, preserve resources!
    08/12/2009
    The “Une seule planète / One planet only” network, organised by the Research and Information Centre for Development (CRID), will be represented in Copenhagen (Denmark) at the United Nations Climate (...)
  • Hydropower, not as clean as you think
    International Rivers /// 12/09/2011
    International Rivers, a non-profit organization founded in 1985 and working for the protection of rivers and the life they support, specially in Latin America, Asia and Africa, made a clear (...)
  • WEED /// 21/03/2011
    What is the financial lobby up to? "We, as European elected officials in charge of regulating financial markets and banks, can see every day the pressure exerted by the financial and banking (...)
  • Transnational institute
    Transnational Institute /// 11/02/2011
    The Transnational Institute (TNI) was established in 1974 as an international network of activist researchers (“scholar activists”) committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today (...)
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