International Negotiations

(AFP) LA PAZ — An alternative “people’s conference” on climate change in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in April will seek to advance an international global warming referendum, organizers said Tuesday.

Two months have gone by since the Copenhagen  Climate Conference that
ended in failure. Through an undemocratic and non  transparent process,
the Copenhagen Accord was produced which was not  adopted by the
Conference, but only taken note of.

We are of the view that the  time has now  come for civil society groups

Confronting False Climate Solutions: A Proposal to Organize a Campaign Exposing the Truth About Carbon Offsets

Bangkok, THAILAND — Over 75 Greenpeace activists from Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines today demonstrated at the US embassy in Bangkok condemning the derailment of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen by a handful of countries led by the US.

Bolivia rejects US blame game on Copenhagen and calls for the people to decide


New York, 18 January 2010 - In response to US
climate envoy Jonathan Pershing's attempts to
blame countries of the Latin American ALBA block
for the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks
and the US decision to therefore sideline the UN

One of the world's largest Insurance companies, German based Munich Re, has called for fast action by Governments on climate change to result in a strict agreement for substantial greenhouse gas reductions.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: HOW BIG BUSINESS HAS HIJACKED CLIMATE TALKS
By Oscar Reyes*

A new realism has emerged. Climate change is no longer rejected as a bogus theory the economy can ill afford. Instead, it's a business opportunity.