November 12 2007

Australians Walk Against Warming
150,000 march against global warming (video)
http://climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/11/sydney-walk-against-warming.html

2007 - Year of Climate Catastrophe by Phil Hearse
Climate change is not a danger, it’s a reality. Its effects are hitting the poor now, and the rich and powerful are making things worse. Whether it’s war, earthquake or climate change, the poor pay the price.
http://climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/11/2007-year-of-climate-catastrophe.html

Green Party of Ontario: from Bottom-Up to Top-Down
How the Green Party of Ontario evolved from a decentralized coalition of local activist groups into a centralized electoral party

Introduction: During my recent trip to Europe, several green left activists asked me about the Green Party in Canada. I replied that although it was once seen as a force for radical change, it is now an electoralist party with an ecocapitalist program. I quoted the Green Party of Ontario leader’s frequent assertion that the GPO was “socially liberal and fiscally conservative.” And of course I mentioned the federal Green Party leader’s agreement not to oppose the Liberal Party leader in the next election.
climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/
11/green-party-of-ontario-from-bottom-up.html

Biofuel: An Agricultural Crime Against Humanity
If the governments promoting biofuels do not reverse their policies, the humanitarian impact will be greater than that of the Iraq war.
climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/
11/biofuel-agricultural-crime-against.html
By George Monbiot
Published in the Guardian 6th November 2007
www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,220
5761,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=environment

Full article also at www.monbiot.com

5/11/07

The Environmental Movement in the Global South : The Pivotal Agent in the Fight against Global Warming By Warden Bello
The challenge facing activists in the global North and the global South is to discover or bring about those circumstances that will trigger the formation of a global mass movement that will decisively confront the most crucial challenge of our times.
climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/11/`
environmental-movement-in-global-south.html

Richest Countries Must Cut Emissions Fast and Deep
"Rich countries need to demonstrate leadership by making deep, early cuts. They need to put in place a framework for finance and technology transfer, providing developing countries with the resources they need to make a low carbon transition"
http://climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/11/richest-countries-must-cut-emissions.html

‘Serious and Dangerous Deficiencies’ in IPCC Biofuel Recommendations
By far the weakest of this year’s reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the report on Mitigation. The latest challenge comes in a letter from five leading climate scientists to the IPCC chair that identifies “serious and dangerous deficiencies” in its discussion of biofuels, and asks that parts of it be withdrawn.
climateandcapitalism.blogspot.com/2007/
11/and-dangerous-deficiencies-in-ipcc.html