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Nothing Neutral Here: Large-scale biomass subsidies in the UK and the role of the EU ETS
13 May 2012
Carbon Trade Watch

Earlier this month Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano Papel e Celulose gained approval for the world’s most advanced trial of genetically modified (GM) trees to meet the global demands of biomass energy expansion. The new report from Carbon Trade Watch, “Nothing Neutral Here: Large-scale biomass subsidies in the UK and the role of the EU ETS”, raises critical concerns over the UK’s unprecedented pl... 

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No more evictions! Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala in defence of nature, lands and territories
20 Apr 2012
Lazar Konforti and Joanna Cabello

On March 27th 2012, several thousand people marched into the Guatemalan capital in solidarity with the struggles of the indigenous farmers and landless workers who had made the 214-kilometre, nine day journey ... 

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Winning the greenwashing race: BP sponsoring the 2012 Olympic games
16 Apr 2012
Carbon Trade Watch

April 16th marks the 100 day countdown to the start of the Olympics: 100 days for some of the world’s most disreputable corporations – like Rio Tinto, Dow and BP – to keep using the Olympics as a smok... 

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La codicia del subsuelo en la amazonía ecuatoriana
06 Mar 2012
Carbon Trade Watch

  En Noviembre del año pasado logré por medio de unos colegas, y después de entregar copias de mi pasaporte, ficha médica, sellos y un pedido a través de una universidad... 

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Peoples of the World against the Commodification of Nature
13 May 2012
La Via Campesina

La Via Campesina calls on all the peasant organizations of the world and their allies to organize actions in the month of June We invite all the farmers and peasant organizations and their allies to organize mobilizations and actions throughout the world during the entire month of June, with particular ... 

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Stop land Grabbing! 17 April - International Day of Peasant Struggles
16 Apr 2012
La Via Campesina

We invite people and civil society organisations everywhere to support - by all human, media, legal, financial or popular means possible - all those who fight against land grabs and to put pressure on national governments and international institutions to fulfil their obligations towards the rights of ... 

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cap and tradeLetting the market play: corporate lobbying and the financial regulation of carbon trading
12 Oct 2011
Carbon Trade Watch and Corporate Europe Observatory

The European Union is changing its rules on how carbon is traded in response to a series of fraud cases and the financial crisis. This report looks at how corporate lobbies are trying to influence this process, and notes that such measu... 

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monoculturesOn the International Day against Monoculture Plantations, support the No REDD Platform!
21 Sep 2011
No REDD Platform

On the World Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations, The No REDD Platform, a coalition of climate justice groups and Indigenous peoples organizations, seeks support for the letter attached.   With this letter we aim to a... 

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monoculturesLa cementera ARGOS en los Montes de María, Colombia:
18 Sep 2011
Moritz Tenthoff

Las políticas del cambio climático como herramientas para la legalización del despojo, el control territorial y la imposición de megaproyectos agroindustrales Según la cantidad de hectáreas s... 

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cap and tradeEurope’s ETS rewards big polluters
01 May 2011
Simon Butler

Europe’s biggest polluters have made billions out of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). But a new briefing by Carbon Trade Watch (CTW) says the scheme will ensure industry will not have to cut its emissions until at least ... 

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Pueblos selváticos en la encrucijada
03 Nov 2011
Sally Burch

30 de octubre, 2011.- Los pueblos que habitan los bosques tropicales son crecientemente sometidos a la seducción, coerción o engaño por parte de poderosos actores, ávidos... 

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Huhne leads battle in Europe against 'carbon fat cats'
22 Jun 2011
Energy & Environmental Management

As EU environment ministers gather today in Luxembourg, the UK's energy secretary Chris Huhne has proposed a coalition of countries to drive deeper emission cuts in Europe in the face of opposit... 

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Europese lobby’s beletten reductie van broeikasgassen
21 Jun 2011
Mondiaal Nieuws

21 juni 2011 ( MO* ) — De klimaatvoornemens van de EU worden ondermijnd door Europese lobby’s. Zij verzetten zich met hand en tand tegen een verdere reductie van uitstootgassen. Bovendie... 

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Industry lobby campaign to weaken EU climate policy revealed
20 Jun 2011
ClickGreen

Corporate lobbyists have engaged in a concerted assault to weaken EU climate targets and keep hold of a surplus of emissions trading permits worth billions of euros, according to a new report launch... 

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