Climate Talks

Climate Talks

Towards a grand compromise in climate negotiations

November 2012
Richard Heydarian

Could dread at the deadly consequences of climate change force a compromise between Washington and Beijing in the same way fear of nuclear war caused a US-Soviet Union detente?

The Green Economy and financialisation of nature

October 2012

 

 

TNI/RWE public talk

3 december 2012

20:00-22:00

CREA Amsterdam

Nieuwe Achtergracht 170

Praful Bidal on Greenhouse Development Rights

October 2012

Bidwai is a rare analyst.  He writes as a man of the South, but at the same time he can be extremely critical of the South’s negotiating postures.

Bio-Economies

June 2012
Ronnie Hall and Joseph Zacune

The European Commission's promotion of 'bioeconomies' as a central focus at Rio+20 is more about protecting banking, biotech, manufacturing, agribusiness and energy sectors then defending vulnerable communities and the environment. 

Dangerous Weapons

June 2012

Details
Monday 18 June 11h30-13h30
Tent 21 Margarida Alves

People's Summit Rio+20
Workshop Code: 29031

Cover of the magazine, corporate gulliver being tied down by the people

Transnational Capital vs People's Resistance

June 2012

How does transnational capital function? Where does it operate? What globalised logic does it follow? What is the magnitude of its abuses and its social, economic and environmental irresponsibility? And what challenge do we see emerge for us, the people?

 

Peoples Summit Rio +20

June 2012

TNI will be attending the Peoples Summit at Rio+20 and organising workshops on investment and energy. The Peoples Summit  is organised by social movements from all over the world and will be held at the Aterro do Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro, during the official Rio+20 Summit (UNCSD) from June 15-23.

Is the Green Economy a new Washington Consensus?

February 2012
Working Group on Green Economy, WSF

The current environmental and climate crisis is not simply a market failure because nature is not simply a form of capital. Putting a price on nature under the label of the "Green Economy" is an attempt to expand the reach of finance capital and privatise our planet.

The Politics of Climate change and the Global crisis

January 2012

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