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Interview with Stephanie Long, coordinator of the Climate Justice and Energy Program at Friends of the Earth International

Lack of progress and commitment from the European Union in the COP 14 negotiations on Climate Change and the lack of action on the dangerous positions taken by other Annex I countries of the Kyoto Protocol - such as Japan, Canada, Australia and the US - is one of the most striking aspects of these negotiations, said Stephanie Long, Friends of the Earth International Climate Justice and Energy co-coordinator.

Young Friends of the Earth Europe Demands Governments to Act Now Against Climate Crisis

Tens of members of Young Friends of the Earth Europe handed over a banner to Environment Ministers on Tuesday, which portrays the need to protect the Earth and its Peoples from the climate crisis, and asked them to take urgent measures to address it.

The meeting between environmentalists and government representatives was held as part of a demonstration carried out by the young activists inside the building where the UN COP 14 on Climate Change is being held in Poznan.

Interview with Meena Raman, former chair of Friends of the Earth International who works in Friends of the Earth Malaysia

On the UN Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth International warns that the lack of action from the industralized countries at the UN COP 14 on Climate Change is clashing with the international human rights obligations.

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Interview with Belmond Tchoumba, co-coordinator of the Forests and Biodiversity Program of Friends of the Earth International

Forests play a very important role in the struggle against climate change, and we should work against the deforestation and degradation of these ecosystems, but the countries at the COP 14 on Climate Change are not choosing the right people to do this job and are not identifying the people responsible for the destruction of forests.

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Interview with Yuri Onodera, from Friends of the Earth Japan

People are waiting for the industralized countries to determine how much they will reduce their emissions, not individually, but jointly. However, the US rejects the Kyoto Protocol and the rest of the industralized countries are waiting for the developing countries to make more commitments, Yuri Onodera, of Friends of the Earth Japan, told Real World Radio.

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Vía Campesina at the COP 14 on Climate Change

"Small-farmers and peasant communities are among the first victims of climate change. Everywhere, in our fields, amongst the plants we cultivate and the animals we raise, the consequences of climate change are evident. Yet, this is nothing new". This is how the political positioning issued by Vía Campesina at the COP 14 on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland, begins.

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Via Campesina: “Convention on Climate Change Should Tackle the Root Causes of Climate Change or Sink”

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) mandate is to deal with climate change in a “serious way” to prevent a climate catastrophe, otherwise its existence would be “useless” or could have negative consequences. This is the official position of the international organization Via Campesina issued in Poznan, where the COP 14 is being held.

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Social Groups Expose the Role of the World Bank in Climate Negotiations

Organizations from different parts of the world like Friends of the Earth International, held a demonstration against the World Bank’s role in the climate negotiations outisde the building where the COP 14 on Climate Change is taking place in Poznan, Poland.

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Friends of the Earth El Salvador demands to be more serious when talking about the climate crisis.

The network Climate Justice Now! called a press conference on Monday in Poznan within the UN COP 14 on Climate Change. The call said that the private sector has wide representation in the negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, while indigenous peoples have a very low representation.

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Representatives of corporations are part of official delegations at COP on Climate Change

The inclusion of corporate representatives in several European government delegations, as well as in the Brazilian delegation, which are taking part in the COP 14 on Climate Change in Poznan, is a sign of the role played by big corporations in these talks. This happens in plain view of everyone, as if it were something natural.

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