Category: RT Newswire

Protest Manifests as Indigenous Rights are opposed by U.S., Canada,

Australia and New Zealand at UN Climate Conference. 

Poznan, Poland– 9 December 2008

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND NGOs OUTRAGED AT THE REMOVAL OF

RIGHTS FROM UNFCCC DECISION ON REDD

For photos and more: http://globaljusticeecology.org 

We, the undersigned representatives of indigenous peoples, local communities

and non-governmental organizations monitoring the progress of negotiations

in Poznan are outraged that the United States, Canada, Australia and New

Zealand opposed the inclusion of recognition of the rights of indigenous

peoples and local communities in a decision on REDD (Reduced Emissions from

Deforestation and Forest Degradation) drafted today by government delegates

at the UN Climate Conference.

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There’s a broad consensus that we  must avoid

letting atmospheric CO2 levels exceed 450 ppm

(parts per million), because 450ppm will heat the

planet to a dangerous 2 Celsius above

pre-industrial levels.

Over the past couple years, there’s been a

broadening consensus that we won’t hold the ppm

to 450. Why? Simply because we aren’t cutting our

consumption of forests and fossil fuels by

anywhere near enough to do that job.

Lance

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“In the jargon used to count the steady

accumulation of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s

thin layer of atmosphere, he said it was

‘improbable’ that levels could now be restricted

to 650 parts per million (ppm).”

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The Guardian (UK)

Tuesday December 9 2008

Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worst

At a high-level academic conference on global

warming at Exeter University this summer, climate

scientist Kevin Anderson stood before his expert

audience and contemplated a strange feeling. He

wanted to be wrong. Many of those in the room who

knew what he was about to say felt the same. His

conclusions had already caused a stir in

scientific and political circles. Even committed

green campaigners said the implications left them

terrified.

Anderson, an expert at the Tyndall Centre for

Climate Change Research at Manchester University,

was about to send the gloomiest dispatch yet from

the frontline of the war against climate change.

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Subject: [Action Alert – Support Indigenous Peoples!] CALL the Secretary
of Interior & Office of Surface Mining
From:    “Indigenous Environmental Network” <ienonlinenews@igc.org>
Date:    Mon, December 8, 2008 9:36 am
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Posnan, Poland Climate Talks: Forest Hotspots Pinpointed For Climate,
Biodiversity:

http://planetark.org/wen/50811

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