Posts relating to “global voices summit” (149)
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Two Union Voices Challenge Climate Change Summit
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voices were heard in very different ways in the closing days at the climate change summit. One was from a former trade union […] -member global union movement delegation led by the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ). Read our previous blogs […] miracle happen in Copenhagen. At the closing session Friday, Burrow delivered the following message on behalf of the global1 day ago -
Steve Westly: Copenhagen Climate Summit Already a Success
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already succeeded beyond any reasonable expectations. Of course, global warming skeptics call the summit a waste of time, and […] maintain that any agreement is a disastrous one since global warming doesnt exist. But even reasonable voices have been […] lukewarm on the summit, maintaining that no multilateral agreement will be formalized. Heres why their criticism misses the5 days ago -
Whats on today at the global summit
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Your guide on what to look out for at the Copenhagen summit Today is the first day of detailed negotiations at the UN […] when they arrive next week. A bit on the side meetings… 08.00-18.00 - Voices from China: Greenpeace China will1 week ago -
Two Union Voices Challenge Climate Change Summit
Labor Union Blog — Authority 148
voices were heard in very different ways in the closing days at the climate change summit. One was from a former trade union […] -member global union movement delegation led by the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ). Read our previous blogs […] miracle happen in Copenhagen. At the closing session Friday, Burrow delivered the following message on behalf of the global1 day ago -
Copenhagen climate protesters rally
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ever protest about global warming, comes at the halfway point of the United Nations climate summit in the city. "Lets […] Thousands of people march as part of a global protest to demand that governments agree a new climate deal Tens of […] thousands of people took to the streets of Copenhagen today as part of a global protest to demand governments across the world1 week ago -
Vital Voices Honors Human Rights Day in Geneva with The Courage to Lead: …
Vital Voices Blog — Authority 131
Vital Voices Human Rights Program is, in collaboration with The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, convening a global summit […] for women leaders in the city of peace and site of the signing, Geneva. The summit is [...]1 week ago -
Friends of the Earth among activists barred from Copenhagen conference …
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Security intensifies ahead of mass action to invade summit as 115 world leaders arrive for high-level talks Friends […] for climate activists who are aiming to invade the summit today. Around the city, some 150 arrests have been made this […] provoked dismay with many delegates seeing it as a deliberate attempt to muzzle public voices and criticism of world leaders5 days ago -
Demonstrators hold banners drawing attention to the Children's Voices …
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Photo by AP Demonstrators hold banners drawing attention to the Childrens Voices for Climate Justice inside the […] combat global warming. They have just a week to deliver something for President Barack Obama and more than 100 national […] leaders to sign in the finale of the Copenhagen climate summit. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)1 week ago -
Alex Pasternack: Chair of Group of Developing Nations Makes Angry Plea …
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next climate change summit -- lacked legally-binding force, gave no guidance on a cap in global temperature rise or carbon […] worlds biggest developing economies. For developing nations, the ones who have done least to cause global warming but who […] counterparts like China and India over demands they say must be met to prevent catastrophe: a limit in global temperature rise to1 day ago -
Dispatch from Copenhagen: Demands for Climate Justice
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. Earlier this year, 31 Global Voices bloggers were mentors to students participating in MS ActionAids Global Change […] fellow Global Voices author Mac-Jordan Holdbrookes-Degadjor . The Global Voices authors in Copenhagen during this exciting […] they gathered at the DGI-Byen – the venue of the alternate climate summit Klimaforum09 – in the morning and marched to1 week ago