Eight ways climate change is making the world more dangerous
Disasters including storms, floods and heatwaves have increased fivefold since the 1970s, UN finds [by Susanne Goldenberg on [The Guardian->http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jul/14/8-charts-climate-change-world-more-dangerous]] Forget the future. The world already is nearly five times as dangerous and disaster prone as it was in the 1970s, because of the increasing risks brought by climate change, according to a new...
El Salvador’s Future to be Decided by International Tribunal?
On September 15th, an international tribunal began hearing arguments in the case of Pacific Rim vs. El Salvador – a case that will affect millions of Salvadoran people. At issue is whether the government and people of El Salvador should have to pay $301 million USD for upholding the nation’s social and environmental protections – in this case by refusing to allow Canada-based Pacific Rim Mining Corporation to operate a mine that does...
Colombia, more than three decades of toxic sprayings. Enough!
It is unfortunate that 35 years after the first chemical spraying in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, we are still writing about aerial sprayings in Colombia, demanding the current government to definitely defer an ecocide and incompetent policy. [by{ Amira Armenta} on [TNI->http://www.tni.org/article/colombia-more-three-decades-toxic-sprayings-enough]] It is unfortunate that 35 years after the first chemical spraying in the Sierra...
Cinergy – Citizens for Energy
The new publication by A Sud and the European network “Cinergy” { We are pleased to inform you that the e-book “Cinergy – Citizens for Energy” is now available, free to download. } This publication is the result of the European project CINERGY, carried out by A Sud, together with local authorities, civil society organisations, NGOs and training providers active in the energy field in Italy, Great Britain,...
A powerful call from Naomi Klein for a global movement for climate justice
Naomi Klein’s new book, This changes everything. Capitalism vs the Climate (Allen Lane, London, 2014), puts climate change at the centre of politics. She makes the connection (local-global) with movements everywhere against oil, coal and gas extraction; one could add movements in Brazil and elsewhere against deforestation. By {Joan Martinez Alier} “Whether or not climate change has been a primary motivator, (such local movements)...
European Citizen Summit: a different vision for Europe
The European Union (EU) should leave behind its economic growth obsession and focus instead on more transparent and sustainable policies, according to hundreds of people gathered at the flagship European Citizens summit event in Brussels A recurring question surrounding the Parliament elections in May was whether and how the EU will be able to regain the public’s lost trust in the European project. Today, hundreds of European citizens...
