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The Technology Mechanism – what it contains and what’s happening within

Lara Shirley October 30, 2013 1 Comment
by Lara Shirley As one of the five key points in the 2008 Bali Action Plan, technology and the transfer of it constitute a key part of an equitable response to climate change. A Technology Mechanism was therefore created in order to increase the quantity and efficiency of technology transfer from the North to the South. The Technology Mechanism was proposed by the G77 and China in 2008, and was...

I mean come on guys, this is up to us, we have to do it

Surya Karki October 28, 2013 0 Comments
by Surya Karki and Aneesa Khan After 15 hours in our little Toyota Corolla, sleep deprived and hungry, we stumbled into the David L. Lawrence convention center in Pittsburgh on Friday the 18th. We were about an hour late for the opening keynote speech so we made a mad dash for the second floor. We walked into a ballroom buzzing with energy and we could feel it all around us. 10,000 people were...

We are in this together: reflections on the youth activist gathering at Powershift

Adrian October 28, 2013 0 Comments
by Adrian Fernandez Jauregui This past weekend, a delegation of earth in brackets went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to participate in Powershift, a large gathering of about ten thousand youth activists, coming from all over the US, working on environmental related issues. We went to Powershift to connect with other youth activists, to share our perspective of climate justice, particularly in...

Once more into the breach: Reclaiming Power at the frack pads and in the UNFCCC

Nathan Thanki October 22, 2013 0 Comments
by nathan thanki This past weekend, while a massive group of ies made the insane 15 hour journey to Pittsburgh for Powershift 2013, those of us who remained gathered together for Global Frackdown 2. Having recently sent over a dozen volunteers to canvass for Protect South Portland in their effort to block Tar Sands via a waterfront protection ordinance, and with half our group in Pennsylvania,...

Response to ‘Concern’ over Reclaim Power Actions at the World Coal Conference

guest October 14, 2013 1 Comment
cross posted from Push Europe As you probably already know we have been busy planning Reclaim Power - Month of Action on Energy for the past few months & the focus of week two in Europe is People Vs Coal.  With Berlin hosting ‘Coaltrans Berlin’ – the 33rd world coal conference, bringing together over 600 companies with interests in coal – our groups and partners thought that this...