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YES! Magazine brings you powerful ideas and practical actions from Copenhagen.
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The Copenhagen Moment
posted Dec 08, 2009 - Video: Leaders of the climate justice movement on turning the U.N. negotiations in Copenhagen into a true global turning point.
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The Mulch: What's at Stake in Copenhagen?
by Alison Hammposted Dec 08, 2009
- Independent media on what we can hope for from the largest and most important U.N. climate change summit in history.
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10 Million People Petition for Climate Action
by Richard Gravesposted Dec 08, 2009 - As some try to lower expectations about the outcome of the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen, public pressure for real action is increasing.
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The Youth Movement Goes to Copenhagen
by Nick Engelfriedposted Dec 07, 2009 - This fall, youth around the world demonstrated their determination to stop catastrophic climate change. In Copenhagen, they're pushing their leaders to do the same.
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Fast for Climate Justice
by Anna Keenanposted Dec 07, 2009 - Now a month into their hunger strike, activists are hoping for serious commitment from the delegates in Copenhagen.
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14 Days to Seal History's Judgment on this Generation
posted Dec 07, 2009 - Newspapers in more than 45 countries united behind a shared editorial demanding urgent and decisive action to avert climate change disaster.
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"Seattle" Goes to Copenhagen
by Grace Boggsposted Dec 07, 2009 - Grace Boggs: The activists in Copenhagen, like those in Seattle in 1999, represent the sovereign people of the world fighting for justice.
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No Need to Wait (or Pay) for Climate Technology
by David Bollierposted Dec 04, 2009 - Did you think most clean energy technology is locked up by patent holders? The Global Innovation Commons lists thousands of energy-saving technologies already in the public domain.
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Climate and Capitalism in Copenhagen
by Walden Belloposted Dec 02, 2009 - The climate problem cannot be addressed without addressing capitalism's incessant drive, motivated by the search for profit, to transform living nature into dead commodities.
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Climate Action: What Will it Take to Avert Disastrous Climate Change?
by Sarah van Gelder, Madeline Ostrander, Doug Pibelposted Dec 01, 2009 - We thought we had 20, 30, 50 years to take on the climate crisis. We were wrong. The scary science, smart policies, and critical actions that could still avert disaster.
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Why We Find It So Hard to Act Against Climate Change
by George Marshallposted Dec 01, 2009 - Solving the “It’s not my problem” problem. A psychologist on what keeps us from coming to terms with the climate crisis.
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The Climate Justice Movement Breaks Through
by Mark Englerposted Dec 01, 2009 - Direct Action Heats Up. As the urgency of the crisis grows, so do the world’s climate justice movements.
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How to Break the Climate Stalemate Between the Global South and the North
by Gopal Dayaneni, Mateo Nubeposted Dec 01, 2009 - Rich and poor countries are in this together. If either fails to step up, the planet is in trouble. A climate deal must take into account the Global North’s responsibility for nearly 70 percent of greenhouse pollution and the Global South’s need to move out of poverty. The North must cut back sharply on emissions while the South leapfrogs over the industrial age to clean-energy prosperity.
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There's Still Enough Time to Avert Climate Chaos
by Sarah van Gelderposted Dec 01, 2009 - Editor Sarah van Gelder's introduction to Climate Action, the Winter 2010 issue of YES! Magazine.
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Climate Hero Kumi Naidoo
by Kate Sheppardposted Dec 01, 2009 - Kumi Naidoo is building a global movement to force world leaders to adopt a binding agreement on climate change. He is executive director of Greenpeace International and has led TckTckTck, a global campaign for climate action.
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