Environment and Ecology

Environment and Ecology

Cochabamba and the UN Process

Thu, 06/03/2010 - 12:41pm by jennya

I want to begin reminding that the impacts of Climate change we are living today are not a punishment that falls from heaven. Those have their historical responsibles: those who took our resoucers, our rights and our richness and now have the duty to honor their Debt in order to allow humanity to live with dignity and without the permanent threaten to their lives. That is challenge that has to be faced in this Intersessional Meetings of the UNFCC in Bonn.

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Summary of Central Points from the People's Climate Change Summit

Mon, 05/10/2010 - 11:45am by toml

The World People’s Climate Change Summit Agreement

Summary of Central Points May 2010

Foreign Ministry of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

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Bolivian President Evo Morales to Deliver Results of People’s Conference on Climate Change to UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 12:22pm by toml

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 6, 2010

CONTACT: MEGAN MORRISSEY – 202-365-6900 INGRID SABJA – 973-738-2301

New York – On Friday, May 7th, President Evo Morales of Bolivia will personally present UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with the conclusions of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of the Mother Earth, which was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia from April 20th to 22nd, 2010.

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"Peoples Agreement " from Cochabamba - on its way to Cancun

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 11:32am by jennya

Last week, in the heart of the Andes Mountains, some 30,000 people from more than 140 countries and representatives from forty eight governments came together to work to produce concrete documents and proposals on 17 different themes related to the single most important issue of our lifetime – the climate crisis.

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Combating climate change: lessons from the world’s indigenous peoples

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 11:22am by toml

Bolivia’s president says developing nations must not be shut out of international negotiations for combating the greatest environmental issue of our time.

April 23, 2010|Evo Morales Opinion published in the LA Times

When I arrived at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in late last year, the first thing that struck me were environmental activists braving the freezing weather to voice their disappointment at being locked

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World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 12:33pm by toml

PEOPLES AGREEMENT

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Letter of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 11:03am by toml

21 april 2010

Movements, networks and social organizations gathered at the Assembly of Social Movements held in Cochabamba, in the framework of the World People's Conference on Climate Change, 
welcome the initiative of President Evo Morales Ayma and respond to the global call to confront the commodification and privatization of common goods and the climate change debate itself.

We consider that the issue of climate change is important along with other manifestations of the global systemic crisis.

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QC staff in Cochabamba

Wed, 04/21/2010 - 1:01pm by toml

Quixote Center staff are participating in the "World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth" in Cochabamba Bolivia this week. The Conference is a response to the derailment of climate change negotiations by the industrialized countries in Copenhagen in December, 2009, placing the future of our planet at risk.

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North American Indigenous activists in Cochabamba

Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:22pm by toml

April 21, 2010, Indigenous Environmental Network via Climate and Capitalism

— Cochabamba, Bolivia — Indigenous Peoples from across North America and their allies from around the world gathered at the invitation of Bolivian President Evo Morales in Cochabamba this morning for the kick-off of an historic conference on climate change and the “rights of Mother Earth”.

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Climate Change Summit Underway in Bolivia

Wed, 04/21/2010 - 11:44am by toml

By Redaction AHORA / redaccion@ahora.cu / Wednesday, 21 April 2010 07:45

The Summit on Climate Change currently underway in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba is a ray of light and hope for those concerned with the environmental situation on the planet. It is also an alternative to the meeting that took place in Copenhagen, where rich countries conspired to come up with an agreement that exempts them of any responsibility regarding the climate world situation.

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