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Greenpeace sinks icons at Cancun to highlight climate change threats

Feature story | December 9, 2010 at 11:21

Greenpeace has immersed models of some of the world’s iconic structures in the sea off the UN climate talks in Cancun to highlight the threats that climate change poses for people around the globe.

Earth to politicians, turn down the heat, please

Blog entry by Brian Blomme | December 2, 2010

Some news related to the UN climate conference now underway in Cancun that again shows why Greenpeace argues for an Energy [R]evolution that would end our addiction to oil and deal with climate change. The World Meteorological...

Federal government isn’t ready to help Canadians adapt to climate change

Blog entry by Brian Blomme | December 7, 2010

Federal environment commissioner Scott Vaughan released a report today that documents how the federal government has failed to prepare for adapting to the impacts of climate change. Some highlights: “The government acknowledges...

Demonstrations ramp up at COP16

Blog entry by Melina Laboucan-Massimo | December 7, 2010

Last week inside the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun there were a number of protests at the Moon Palace. These actions took place alongside a vast array of civil society events during the week and into the weekend...

Canada cements position at Cancun as a nation against climate action

Blog entry by Brian Blomme | December 6, 2010

Media are reporting today that federal Environment Minister John Baird will try to administer a fatal blow to the Kyoto Protocol during his visit to the UN climate talks in Cancun that run to the end of this week. Other happenings...

Broken umbrella in Cancun

Blog entry by Virginie Lambert Ferry | December 1, 2010

Lesotho's representative wearing an anti Canadian shirt in Cancun In Cancun a dominant theme seems to be cautious flexibility. True, signaling flexibility shows a good faith effort toward achieving agreement. Even Saudi Arabia...

Canada sweeps up three fossil awards at the Cancun climate conference

Blog entry by Brian Blomme | November 30, 2010

Another climate conference and another bad start for Canada. On the opening day of the United Nations climate conference in Cancun yesterday, Canada “won” three Fossil of the Day awards — a first, a second and a third place — and swept...

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