Rights of Nature – More than a Dream, a Viable Framework for our Planet
UN Climate Change Conference COP17 – Durban, South Africa – December 2011 My dream is that we as a human race will one day remember our connection to Mother Earth in a way that transforms the way we relate to...
UNFCCC COP17 Rights of Nature Highlights in Durban
UN COP17 Climate Change Conference was held in Durban, South Africa Monday, November 28 – December 9, 2011. While key negotiators for member states ended with an agreement that leaves the planet vulnerable to 3 to 5 degree Celsius temperature...
Coming out of Durban – Calls for Cochabamba People’s Agreement as Antidote
From Climate Justice Now! “Despite talk of a “roadmap” offered up by the EU, the failure in Durban shows that this is a cul-de-sac, a road to nowhere. Spokespeople for Climate Justice Now! call on the world community to remember...
Is there a Xhosa word for Climate Change
Poet Mbali Vilakazi recites Is there a Xhosa Word for Climate Change? at the closing ceremonies for the COP17 Climate Train in Durban, South Africa. Mbali puts a moving face on the reality of climate change and related COP negotiations...
The COP 17 Climate Train arrives Durban
The Climate Train arrives in Durban to traditional African dance and ceremony! The COP17 Climate Train was greeted in Durban by a range of dignitaries Including National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres and Chief of...
Rights of Nature Press Conference in COP17, Durban
Why do we bring the issue of Rights of Nature to a Climate Change negotiation? This was the question Pablo Solon posed as he spoke at the UN COP 17 Climate Change Press Conference on December 6, 2011 in Durban,...
COP 17 Rights of Nature Events in Durban, SA
UN COP17 Climate Change Conference opened Monday, November 28 in Durban, South Africa. As representatives of government and non-government organizations gather both inside the UN Climate Change Conference and in the outside Peoples Space to negotiate and explore proposed solutions...
Pablo Solon – Rights of Nature and Climate Politics, COP 17 – Durban, South Africa
“Rights of Nature and Climate Politics” The Harold Wolpe Lecture At the UKZN Centre for Civil Society Pablo Solón Friday, 2 December, 5-7pm In conjunction with COP17 Durban, South Africa VENUE: Shepstone 1, Howard College, UKZN (with support from the...
Call for Rio+20 priorities – Speak up now!
Invitation to contribute to Viewpoints For EarthSummit2012 – Rio+20 Deadline July 15, 2011 Act now and be a voice for Rights of Nature! We want the Universal Declaration for the Rights of Mother Earth to be formally adopted! The Natural...
A voice to be reckoned with – our children
13 year old Felix Finkbeiner addressed the United Nations at the opening of the Year of the Forest, February 2, 2011. His question to adults from the children: “Why is there so little action? We know that adults know the...
