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Statement from president Maite Nkoana-Mashabane

Early on Friday afternoon, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, who is the president of COP17, gave a statement indicating that, while negotiations are taking longer than anticipated, it is...

The Big Climate Connection

Connect in your community... connect with your MP... connect the issues to stop climate chaos.

With more than 210 MPs already lobbied since 5th November and people across the UK from all walks of life have been joining the Big...

The failings of climate negotiations

Fourteen days of climate change negotiations started off with much scepticism and ended with a sense of despair despite the COP 17 outcome being declared “landmark” and “historic”. COP 17 was painted, at once, as a victory for the world...

International Conference on Water and Environment

The future adequacy of freshwater resources in the global scale is difficult to assess, owing to a complex and rapidly changing geography of water supply and use...

Global Day of Action rallying call as thousands expected to join Durban climate march

As world leaders struggle to reach agreement at the COP17 negotiations, the COP17 civil society committee (C17) is issuing...

Climate Change through the eyes of Philémon Eugène from Madagascar

My name is Philémon Eugène. I am 50 years old and spent my whole life in Ambondrolava near Toliara in the Southwest of Madagascar. Of my...

Sports Integral in Fighting Climate Change

One should never underestimate the influence our top sportsmen and women have over large global issues. Climate change is just one area where public figures such as well-known sports players have...

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