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Friends of the Earth is focusing not only on what is going on inside the talks in Bali, but is also working closely with social movements and others outside the negotiations to build a movement to…

REDD stands for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries. It is a big issue at the UN negotiations, because deforestation accounts for as much as 25 percent of annual greenhouse…

The World Bank is one of the most well known providers of financing to developing countries for “development” projects. But over the years, the Bank has shown time and again that it sees developmen…

UN climate conferences are a bit overwhelming. The negotiations, which are divided into several tracks that go on simultaneously throughout the two weeks, are awash in a sea of acronyms (SBSTA, SBI…

Australia has now ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the United States is left as the only major country refusing to join the agreement. A recent change in government in Australia means that the US is…

Negotiations started today in Bali, Indonesia at the 13th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Over the next two weeks, countries are working to agree to a mandat…

California’s Pavley Law, which would limit CO2 emissions of cars and trucks in…

La campaña por cosméticos seguros

The report, published in the August 15 edition of Environmental Science and Technology, is the latest to…