[English] por Naomi Klein* En menos de dos años expira el contrato de arrendamiento para la base militar más grande y más importante de Estados Unidos en América Latina. Se trata de la base de Manta,...
Read More[English]por Walden Bello*El libro de Naomi Klein "The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Nueva York: Metropolitan Books, 2007) ("La Doctrina del Shock: El ascenso del capitalismo de desastre") es...
Read MoreBy Aileen Kwa “We succumbed,” lamented a diplomat from Namibia. “We signed on the 12th of December. The pressure was too much. The private sector felt that they would be disproportionately affected. In...
Read MoreVictor Menotti* The world’s economic policymakers are addressing climate change with an unprecedented level of engagement at the Bali conference. While the negotiations for a new global climate accord to replace the Kyoto...
Read MoreREDUCING DEFORESTATION UNDER THE CLIMATE CONVENTION: FUNDING FORESTS, PLANTATIONS OR FORESTERS? Simone Lovera* The tune "The money keeps rolling" from the musical "Evita" kept playing in my mind as I...
Read MoreJanet Redman* Very little, it seems, at the end of two weeks of climate negotiations that were less about climate than business and more about calculated obstruction than negotiation. The unprecedented booing of US...
Read MoreTom Athanasiou* *This article has been edited because we are unable to reproduce graphs in the email version of Focus on Trade. For the full text click here It's important, this time, to draw conclusions,...
Read MoreBy Marwaan Macan-Markar BALI, Indonesia, Dec 18 (IPS) – This resort island, better known for drawing foreign tourists due to its tropical splendour and its deep spiritual traditions, is poised to enter the vocabulary of...
Read MoreThiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India, 20 December 2007 A consultation on ‘India's FTA negotiations and implications for Kerala' organised in the city yesterday called for caution from New Delhi in the current rush to...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* (Bali, Dec. 16). A day after the dramatic ending of the Bali climate talks, many are wondering if the result was indeed best outcome possible given the circumstances. The US was brought back to the fold,...
Read More[Espanõl ] BALI (INDONESIA), 14 December 2007 – Peoples from social organizations and movements from across the globe brought the fight for social, ecological and gender justice into the negotiating rooms and onto the...
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By Walden Bello*
With 48 hrs to go before the Bali climate conference comes to a close, it is now universally expected that the COP (Conference of Parties) 13 will produced a watered-down “Bali Roadmap” that reflects countries bending over backward again to seduce the United States to join a post-Kyoto multilateral process to bring down greenhouse gas emissions.
The expected declaration is supposed to get the parties to agree to hammer out the details of a negotiating framework by COP 14 in Poland in 2008 and to come out with a final agreement by COP 15 in Denmark in 2009.
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CLOSING DAY AT THE SOLIDARITY VILLAGE FOR A COOL PLANET EXPOSING FALSE SOLUTIONS, BUILDING REAL ANSWERS,CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR ALL Bali, Indonesia (December 10, 2007) – Today, on international human rights day, peoples from...
Read MoreOverview: Somehow developing countries don't seem to lose their enthusiasm for free trade. One would expect the regular breakdowns at the World Trade Organisation's Doha talks to trigger a rethink on the free...
Read More[English ] por Herbert Docena * Hace dieciséis años, el Senado Filipino decidió en una votación histórica el cierre de las bases militares que los analistas describieron en algún momento como “el complejo de...
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