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The politics of climate change and the global crisis
January 2012
Praful Bidwai

In his book Bidwai addresses the impacts of climate change and the politics of the international climate negotiations; and second, lndia as an example of an 'emerging economy' major polluter, which can potentially both aid or obstruct the fight against climate change.

Praful Bidwai at the Durban Climate conference, interview with DemocracyNow!
January 2012
Praful Bidwai

Praful Bidwai talks to DemocracyNow!'s Amy Goodman in Durban during the climate conference about the state of the climate negotiations.

Meeting the challenge of feeding the world and cooling the Earth
July 2011
Jun Borras

Two papers analysing the recent experience of Latin America, and Cuba in particular, support arguments that a shift from industrial-large scale farming to small-scale farming can bring environmental, economic and political benefits.

World Bank Doesn't Belong at the Green Climate Fund's Drawing Table
April 2011
Janet Redman

More than 90 environment, development, human rights, and anti-debt organizations from around the world want the Bank to have no say in setting up this key new tool for helping poor nations address climate change.

SOTU: Parsing Obama's 'Clean Energy' Promises
February 2011

Is there such a thing as clean coal, gas and nuclear power? What is the actual meaning of clean energy as mentioned by Obama in his State of the Union speech? And will it have any effect on climate change? 

Obama versus the Polar Bears
January 2011
Tom Reifer

President Obama’s decision comes despite the fact that US government and independent models predict an 80% chance Polar Bears will become mostly extinct by 2050, with total extinction this century without cuts in emissions.

Wasted, ravaged, destroyed: a plea for an end to this disastrous economic model.
January 2011
Susan George

Capitalism is the greatest waste...

Remove the smokescreen
October 2010
Praful Bidwai

The Indian Prime Minister's call to "go easy" on environmental regulation for fear of scaring off investors follows the flawed ideology that industrial development is the answer to poverty, when actually India's acute environmental deterioration should be the much greater concern.

Africa and the climate finance controversy
October 2010
Patrick Bond

Will Africa end up paying for technologies that commodify life, or demand reparations for ecological damage done by the North?

When world recession knocks at the door it's time to change
October 2010
Marcos Arruda

Since economic growth dependent on fossil fuels cannot persist, we must challenge the financial market ideology which continues to take precedence over human well being and the evironment.

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