Posted on 14 December 2010 by admin
By Stephen Leahy*
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Dec 14, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – Development in Africa could falter as climate change grips the continent, increasing the length and severity of droughts and floods by altering precipitation patterns, among other impacts. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 December 2010 by admin

Vigilia por el Protocolo de Kyoto en las escalinatas del Moon Palace. Crédito: Nastasya Tay/IPS
Por Stephen Leahy *
CANCĂN, 11 dic (IPS/TerraViva) – Si el Ă©xito se logra dejando para despuĂ©s las decisiones difĂciles, entonces la reuniĂłn climĂĄtica de CancĂșn fue exitosa porque pospuso la adopciĂłn de metas cruciales sobre reducciĂłn de gases invernadero, financiaciĂłn y bosques para la prĂłxima conferencia, dentro de un año en SudĂĄfrica. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 December 2010 by admin
By Stephen Leahy
CANCĂN, Dec 11, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – If success is measured by delaying difficult decisions, then the CancĂșn climate meeting succeeded by deferring crucial issues over financing and new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the next Conference of the Parties meeting a year from now in Durban, South Africa. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 December 2010 by admin

La playa se hunde y la arena se va en el "paraĂso" de la zona hotelera de CancĂșn- CrĂ©dito: Diana Cariboni/IPS
Por Diana Cariboni, enviada especial *
CANCĂN, 11 dic (TierramĂ©rica/TerraViva) – âSomos el paĂs mĂĄs frĂo del mundo…, asĂ que el calentamiento global es bueno para nosotros. Cuanto mĂĄs tibio, mĂĄs cosechas⊠Se habla de detener la deforestaciĂłn de las selvas tropicales para combatir el cambio climĂĄtico, pero nosotros no tenemos selvas tropicalesâ. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 December 2010 by admin

Manifestantes indĂgenas en el lobby del hotel Moon Palace. CrĂ©dito: Nastasya Tay/IPS
Por Emilio Godoy *
CANCĂN, MĂ©xico, 11 dic (IPS/TerraViva) – âEl pan tambiĂ©n se puede quemar en la puerta del hornoâ, fue el comentario del canciller ecuatoriano Ricardo Patiño al referirse al crucial cierre de la cumbre climĂĄtica celebrada en MĂ©xico. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 December 2010 by admin

Young demonstrators into the bus. Credit: Mantoe Phakathi/IPS
By Mantoe Phakathi *
CANCĂN, Dec 11, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – Drama unfolded outside the Azteca Expocentre of the Moon Palace when police rounded up a group of about 20 youths who were protesting on the slow pace of the climate change negotiations. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 December 2010 by admin
By Nastasya Tay
CANCĂN, Mexico, Dec 10, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – Civil society organisations here are demanding real progress in talks at the 16th Conference of the Parties on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Posted on 10 December 2010 by admin
Par Mantoe Phakathi
CANCĂN, 9 dĂ©c (IPS/TerraViva) – Un rappel de la faiblesse du statu quo alors que les nĂ©gociations climatiques au Mexique tirent vers la fin: mĂȘme si toutes les parties devaient honorer les engagements pris dans l’Accord de Copenhague, les rĂ©ductions des Ă©missions nâatteindraient pas le niveau nĂ©cessaire pour Ă©viter le rĂ©chauffement catastrophique de la planĂšte.
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Posted on 09 December 2010 by admin
By Keya Acharya
CANCĂN, Mexico, Dec 9, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) An entire body of leaders, spearheaded by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is now looking at REDD+ as a panacea to global warming with multiple benefits thrown in. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 December 2010 by admin

Emilio Godoy interviews YOLANDA KAKABADSE, president of WWF
CANCĂN, Dec 9, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – Latin America should create regional conventions to protect biodiversity and combat the impacts of climate change, says Ecuadorian environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the World Wide Fund for Nature International (WWF), in this interview with TerraViva. Continue Reading