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Civil Society Walkout Births Breakthrough Agreements In Warsaw

In a face-saving measure to mitigate the effect of yesterday’s walkout by civil society organisations, Governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw on Friday agreed to a set of decisions on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and the degradation of forests. The agreement on the so-called REDD+ initiative is backed by pledges of 280 million dollars in financing from the US, Norway and the UK.

Africa Leads the World out of Warsaw Talks

By Atayi Babs

HISTORIC: Civil Society Organisations walk out of the COP 19

Negotiations at the ongoing climate talks in Warsaw took a dramatic turn today as over 800 delegates representing different civil society organisations staged a historic walkout at the conference. The delegates under the umbrella of an amalgam of civil society organisations from Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas led by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Greenpeace International, Oxfam, WWF, and ActionAid. Others include the International Trade Union Confederation, Friends of the Earth Europe and 350.org.

La question du cyclone somalienne est évoquée à Varsovie

Par Diane Nininahazwe

 Les négociateurs à la conférence sur le climat en cours à Varsovie, en Pologne ne devraient pas prendre à la légère la question du cyclone  tropical qui a fait ravage en somalie la semaine dernière. L’avis  de la société civile présente à Varsovie qui  s et exprimée ce vendredi sous l’égide de l’alliance pan africaine pour la justice climatique ( PACJA ) 

SOMALIA MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN, GROUP URGES NEGOTIATORS

By Atayi Babs

Negotiators at the ongoing Climate conference in Warsaw, Poland have been urged not to relegate the severity of the tropical cyclone that killed over 100 people in Somalia last week. Leaders of African civil society organisations under the umbrella of Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) made this declaration today as the climate conference enters its final week.

Civil society organizations march amidst gloomy negotiation picture at Warsaw.

By Elias NtungweNgalame

Over 3000 delegates from civil society organizations across the globe at the WARSAW climate conference staged a more than three hours street march amidstwhat observers have described as a gloomy picture of ongoing negotiations since last week. The civil society actors said they were expressing their frustration against the low commitment to implementation on the part of polluter-countries and evidence of another futile and fruitless negotiation exercise in Warsaw.

AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONDEMNS JAPAN’S NEW 2020 TARGET

By Atayi Babs

The coalition of African civil society organisations participating at the ongoing Warsaw Climate talks under the aegis of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) has issued a strong condemnation of Japan’s goalpost-shifting tactics.

Japan announced its new 2020 emissions reduction target at the UN climate negotiations in Poland. While parties are negotiating to raise the level of ambition during this year’s meeting, Japan has now abandoned their 25% reduction target from 1990, and proposed 3.1% increase compared to 1990 levels.