Day Two: REDD, Forests, & Local Communities
A daily breakdown: what is REDD? how might it affect local communities? what are grassroots groups doing? Get the skinny from Cancún.
Day One: Hope, Action at the Grassroots
Today launched the United Nations climate summit in Mexico. While the world needs decisive action, this two-week conference promises to produce much less.
COP16: Grassroots Voices in a Global Crisis
November 29th kicks off the two-week long 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Victory in Chile! Court Blocks Power Plant
A proposed thermoelectric plant in northern Chile threatened to contaminate coastal ecosystems and local communities. On Monday, an appeals court shot down the proposal.
Indonesia in the Wrath of Mount Merapi
Lava spewed high into the sky. Thick clouds of ash hung over nearby villages. Ash rained down on homes hundreds of miles away. The death toll has exceeded 250, and there are almost 350,000 refugees. Mount Merapi has shaken Indonesia.