Corporate and complicit, says Polly Higgins as she surveys the luxury accommodation enjoyed by high-flyers at the latest climate conference
… COP16: Cancun - Colonialism by the sea Polly Higgins … 2010 Comment Comments Ecocide Polly Higgins Cancun Evo Morales Climate Change … the Moon Palace golf resort, 22km south of Cancun, which was reserved for the exclusive …
Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches, writes Miguel Rivas: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials. But people power can still win the battle and see the Tajamar mangroves restored.
Cancún's mangroves are destroyed. But hope grows again! Miguel Rivas Greenpeace Mexico | 17th February 2016 Comment Mexico Oceans Forests Development Tourism Law Protest …
A tourism boom in the Yucatán Peninsula is threatening the delicately balanced ecosystems of the Laguna Bacalar. We must regulate tourism and pollution to better protect the ancient organisms that have thrived in its waters, argues HARRY SHEPHERD
… lagoon has been heralded by some as the 'next Cancun' - a nod to the saturated playground … to Euromonitor International research, Cancun was the strongest growing city …
Despite a growing consensus in favour of alternatives such as 'carbon clubs' and bilateral agreements, Friends of the Earth's Craig Bennett says the UN is our best hope for tackling climate change
… And the outcome of last year’s talks in Cancun, Mexico, opened the door for a …
Talk of a long-term climate deal to cut carbon emissions is allowing industrialised countries to delay taking action, says Murray Worthy from the World Development Movement
… climate change. At the climate talks in Cancun, countries pledged to keep temperature …
An economy run on slave labour has much in common with one run on fossil fuels, argues Jean-Francois Mouhot. Ending suffering means we all need to become modern-day abolitionists
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The Warsaw 'COP-19' climate negotiations were a widely acknowledged failure. But Assaad Razzouk sees a small silver lining among the dark clouds. There is a real prospect of effective action on climate in the run up to COP20 in Paris, 2015.
… in Copenhagen in 2009 and established in Cancun in 2010. GCF: no signs of life Now five …
The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners are mistaken, says APP boss Aida Greenbury - the company is supporting REDD projects and putting sustainability at the centre of operations
… any kind of meaningful agreement at the 2010 Cancun Summit, Indonesia is pressing ahead …
While scientists and the international community endlessly debate and argue, millions of Bangladeshi citizens have already been displaced by climate change - for them the worst-case 'nightmare' climate scenario is already real
… the newly established Green Fund under the Cancun Adaptation Framework (meant to reach … Nations Climate Change Conference held in Cancun, where national, regional and …
People forced by climate change to relocate are described by the media as victims or as security threats. There is little information about vulnerable communities’ fight to secure a viable future. We need to challenge these representations to provoke policies that protect the inherent rights of people affected by climate change, argues MARIA SAKELLARI
… and formally recognized in the text of the Cancun Adaptation Framework , established …
The finance industry faces a 'wicked' problem, says Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England. Climate change creates risks that threaten the financial system to its foundations - but on a timescale beyond the usual horizon for investment decisions. The only way to reduce those risks is to act with unusual foresight - and avoid abrupt and destabilising transitions.
… Effects of Climate Change (2006)). 12. The Cancun Agreement in 2010 committed governments …