kyoto protocol

Solon: Kyoto Protocol to become a zombie

Tim McSorley — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:39:56 +0000

Pablo Solon at Climate Justice Now! press conference on Friday, December 9th:

"The KP will lose its heart. The promise of reductions by rich countries will be incredibly low until 2020 and will lead to a temperature increase of more than 4 degrees celcius. KP will turn into a zombie...and will continue walking on until 2020 just so that carbon markets do not disppear."

Canadian Youth Take a Stand in Durban

Tim McSorley — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:27:21 +0000

Youth delegation interupts Enviro Minister's address, calls for other countries to "turn their backs on Canada"

The high-level negotiations phase at the UN's climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, began today. Environment ministers and high ranking politicians from around the world gave their opening remarks at a plenary session, including Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent.