Let's Talk About Haiti

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21kristof.html

Copenhagen Via Democracynow

Indigenous Peoples of Canada March on Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen to Protest Tar Sands

Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the United States, and most of it comes from the Alberta tar sands. Described as the world's biggest single industrial source of carbon emissions, the tar sands have drawn widespread protest and civil disobedience from environmentalists. On Tuesday, as climate delegates met across town at the Bella Center, a protest led by indigenous peoples of Canada was held outside the Canadian embassy. Democracy Now!'s John Hamilton files a report.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/15/indigenous_peoples_of_canada_march_on

Cap & Trade: A Critical Look at Carbon Trading

Will the expansion of carbon emissions trading help stop global warming or just create a new market for Wall Street to make billions? We air excerpts of Annie Leonard's The Story of Cap and Trade and speak with Larry Lohmann and Frank Ackerman.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/15/cap_trade_a_critical_look_at

Brief History of Climate Change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8285247.stm

UN Summit, Rich vs. Poor

Draft text divides climate summit
Documents leaked at the UN climate summit reveal divisions between rich and developing nations over the shape of a possible new deal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/8402502.stm

UN Rejects Climate Change Sceptics

UN hits back at climate sceptics

The UN's official panel on climate change rejects sceptics' claims that the case for human influence has been exaggerated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/8397265.stm

U.S., New Zealand Rank at the Bottom

Food Day praise for Brazil, China
Brazil and China are praised, and India criticised, in a new report on efforts to tackle hunger, published on UN World Food Day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/in_depth/8309979.stm

Progress on Global Warming

UN chief praises climate summit
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says a one-day summit in New York has given fresh impetus to efforts to tackle global warming.

Global Rallies on Climate

Global rallies focus on climate

Mass demonstrations take place across the world as campaigners demand action at key UN climate change talks.

Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/7134060.stm

Embargo Continues

UN Renews Near-Unanimous Call to End US Embargo on Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba for the sixteenth consecutive year. Tuesday’s vote was one-hundred-eighty-four to four. The U.S., Israel, Palau and the Marshall Islands were the lone countries opposed. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque called the vote a repudiation of longstanding U.S. policy.

Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque: "The United States has ignored with both arrogance and political blindness the fifteen resolutions adopted by this General Assembly calling for the lifting of the blockade against Cuba. The blockade is today the main obstacle to the development and well-being of the Cubans and a blatant, massive and systematic violation to the rights of our people."

The vote comes just days after President Bush vowed to maintain the embargo on Cuba through the end of his presidency.

At Least As Big

UN chief warns on climate change
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says global warming poses at least as big a threat to the world as war.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/in_depth/6410305.stm