(Cancun, Mexico, December 11, 2010) The final outcome of the Cancun climate talks basically reflects the same negative outcome of the Copenhagen Accord in December, 2009. Therefore, it threatens the life of the Kyoto Protocol, but even more importantly, it threatens the life of humankind, because if these outcome is implemented, by the end of the century the planet will see global temperature rising by an average of over 5°C , which would make the Earth too inhospitable for our civilization.
CANCUN, MEXICO, 11 December 2010 – The agreement adopted at the UN climate talks in Cancun has failed to make progress on the most essential part: steep, binding emissions cuts for developed countries. Friends of the Earth International warns that this agreement provides a platform for abandoning the Kyoto Protocol, replacing it with a weak pledge and review system as a legacy of the Copenhagen Accord, that would lead to a devastating five degree Celsius warming. continue reading…
In the early morning hours of December 11, 2010 a COP 16 Accord was announced. However the text of this Accord did not represent an advance on what came out of last year’s “Copenhagen Accord”, and instead signalled an acceptance of the earlier ´agreement´ thereby evading any real solutions to the climate change crisis.
The International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change will be hosting a press conference at 15:00 (CET) in the Moon Palace, Azteca Building, Luna Room. Webcast available online: http://webcast.cc2010.mx/
A group of Climate Justice activists organised an action at 1pm local time at the entrance of the plenary room to express the voices of the unheard and excluded peoples of the world
- Download here “Alter-Eco” Newsletter from Climate Justice Now! Network distributed during COP16:
No agreement is better than a bad agreement: The people hold thousands of solutions in their hands
Global Forum for Life, Environmental and Social Justice (December 4-10, 2010)
One of the most prominent North American indigenous activists attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancún was blocked from entering the summit on Wednesday, one day after he publicly criticized the U.N. process. Tom Goldtooth, the executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, who had received credentials from the United Nations, was denied entry and then removed from the summit grounds. Watch the video here…
