Environment & Climate Change

Indigenous Peoples Call for REDD Moratorium

Indigenous Peoples Call for REDD Moratorium12/12/2011 http://www.other-news.info/2011/12/indigenous-peoples-call-for-redd-moratorium/ By Stephen Leahy * DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 12, 2011 (Tierramérica) - A new coalition of indigenous peoples and local communities called for a moratorium on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programs, a key part of the negotiations for a new international climate treaty that took place over the last two weeks in South Africa. The new Global Alliance...

End ‘global apartheid’ at COP17‏

Bishop's calls to governments Oliver Meth 2011-12-08, Issue 562 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/78565 South African Bishop Geoff Davies has called on governments to end the era of 'global apartheid' which is dictating the UN climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday the Anglican minister urged decision makers...

Pan African Interfaith Conference on Climate Justice

Pan African Interfaith Conference on Climate Justice 7-8 June 2011 Nairobi, Kenya INEB Representative, Ven. Kalupahana attend the meeting.

The Future with nature, love and sustainability

"What makes a community? What binds it together? For some it is faith. For others it is the defence of an idea, such as democracy or the fight against poverty. Some communities are homogeneous, others multicultural. Some are small as schools and villages; others as large as continents. What binds us into an international community? In the broadest sense there is a shared vision of a Group photo with Sulak...