Day Four: Can the Kyoto Protocol be Saved?
Japan’s decision to abandon the Kyoto Protocol is a disappointing move. Get the run-down on the 1997 international agreement, the hope for renewing it, and how you can help.
Day Three: The Global South’s COP
Grassroots group have organized the South-South Summit on Climate Justice and Finance as a side event to the official U.N. conference. It is an effort to strengthen the voices of those not welcome behind closed doors at COP16.
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.