Climate change

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Cop out? by Ben Lear (March 2010)

As negotiations fell apart inside the Copenhagen climate conference, protesters from around the world came together outside. But was the counter-mobilisation a success? Ben Lear reports

From Hopenhagen to Flopenhagen by Oscar Reyes (February 2010)

Broken bones and bruises aside, what actually came out of Copenhagen? Oscar Reyes suggests much of the process was flawed from the beginning

Unions see green light on climate by Chris Baugh (January 2010)

Chris Baugh explains how the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union and other UK trade unions are beginning to respond to the urgency of climate change with an agenda of ‘just transition’

Transitional demands by Sarah Irving (December 2009)

As a global deal on climate change recedes into the future, perhaps the local level is our only hope of preventing climate catastrophe. Sarah Irving investigates the Transition movement, which aims to move us ‘from oil dependency to local resilience,’ using the power of community

Climate Justice protesters reclaim power as UN talks dither by Oscar Reyes (December 2009)

With ministers and heads of states arriving in Copenhagen, protests surrounded the climate change conference venue, writes Oscar Reyes

Confronting the climate circus by Tamra Gilbertson (December 2009)

Over the weekend, activists and social movements took to the streets in several large demonstrations around the world to confront the climate circus. Tamra Gilbertson and Ricardo Santos report back on some of the actions

Divide and rule: paving the way to an unjust deal by Oscar Reyes (December 2009)

As climate talks enter their final phase, Oscar Reyes outlines the hardball negotiating tactics being used to force a weak deal that favours industrialised nations

Climate indebted by Tim Jones (December 2009)

While climate change is an environmental problem, the way we deal with it will have a massive impact on economic development and inequality on a global scale. Tim Jones argues that a transfer of wealth and power from the global North to South is essential to averting climate catastrophe

Copenhagen Plan B: ‘protect the rich’ by Oscar Reyes (December 2009)

A leaked text of the political declaration that could conclude the Copenhagen conference reveals backroom dealings that offer little to the Majority World, writes Oscar Reyes

Wonderful Wonderful Carbon Haven! by Kim Bryan (December 2009)

With the activists gearing up outside and developing countries in no mood for compromise – climate justice is definitely on the agenda this time round, reports Kim Bryan in Copenhagen

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