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While it was all but obscured in the course of the US presidential excitement, negotiators at the climate change conference in Marrakech were busy attempting to hammer out the means to implement the Paris Climate Agreement. The long and confusing shadow cast over the negotiations was considerable. Donald Trump has made no bones about climate change as a plot conjured[Read More…]
Another UN climate summit is over and despite the prevalent rhetoric of hope, the gap between the 1,5 or 2 degree target agreed in Paris last year and the real commitments to achieve this target is nowhere near to closing. Worse, this gap hasn’t even been a focus of this year’s UN climate talks in Marrakesh although time is running:[Read More…]
Since the UN climate meeting in 1997 in Kyoto, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) eagerly took on the responsibility to reduce shipping’s GHG emissions. The Paris Agreement further kept the IMO in control of maritime GHG emissions, rather than incorporating them into state obligations. Now, we see a continual let down by the IMO going into the UNFCCC COP22 discussions[Read More…]
As the hottest year on record draws to a close, countries will gather in Morocco from the 7th to 18th of November for the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22). Under a new Executive Secretary, negotiators will attempt to chart the way forwards towards meeting the objectives of the Convention and implementing the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement passed the[Read More…]
The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is one of the first international instruments to include the term ‘climate justice’. While the notion of justice has been explored in several contexts – purely legal, economic, and social –, the visible effects of climate change, most notably in the form of extreme weather events, have[Read More…]
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Dreadful Easter bombings and Christianphobia in Sri Lanka 
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Fishing in troubled waters of Sri Lanka 
Solidarity With Venezuela Now! Protect The Embassy 
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Sameness And Difference 
Grocery Store Workers Take on Billion Dollar Multinational 
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India demanded to prevent forced evictions of millions of forest dwellers 
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Sri Lanka explosions: More than 200 killed, Churches and hotels targeted 
Vietnam demands compensation for victims of US chemical warfare 
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Daniel Ellsberg – The Truth-Teller: From the Pentagon Papers to the Doomsday Machine 
Violence complicates Pakistan PM’s tightrope walk as he visits Iran and China 
To a Friend in Hospice Care – At Easter 
Jharkhand’s poor show in MGNREGA continue 
Women, Education and Discursive Space for Empowerment 
K.P Sasi is one of the unsung heroes of Indian parallel cinema movement. His repertoire of films are amazing. From feature films , music videos to a plethora of documentaries that touch every aspect of our lives. His films are a collectors delight. A Package of 21 Films Directed by K.P. Sasi Are Available. All these films are social issues[Read More…]
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