THE PEOPLES SUMMIT: ANOTHER AGENDA
The illusion in 1992 that capitalism could help solve the environmental crisis has gone, say Isabela Fraga and Monike Mar. Now civil society, gathered in Rio, knows that it has got to come up with its own solutions.
Defending the Rights of Nature in Ecuador with Natalia Greene
LAB speaks to Natalia Greene, who was instrumental in bringing the Rights of Nature into Ecuador’s Constitution in 2008, about the environmental movement in Ecuador, the complexities of the current political situation and deteriorating security.
LATIN AMERICA: US$100BN DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Latin America and the Caribbean face massive economic damages from global warming, report warns.
BRAZIL: TIME FOR SOLAR ENERGY
Decentralised electricity generation could reduce costs and avoid damaging the environment.
Colombia: open-pit mine threatens municipalities near Bogotá
In August this year, the owners of two fincas in the Gualivá province of Cundinamarca, just outside of Bogota, were sent expropriation orders by...
PEASANT AGRICULTURE IS THE ANSWER
Vía Campesina, the world-wide peasant organisation, argues that the 'green economy' is interested in profit, not people.
Climate Change in Latin America: Running out of time
After the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, Javier Farje, from LAB analyses the consequences of global warming in Latin America.
Suriname has 93 percent forest cover; we want to keep it...
Suriname is the most forested country on earth, with 93 percent forest cover. At COP-23 in Bonn, the Suriname government pledged to work towards keeping 93 percent forest cover, forever. The Forest93 campaign is leading the way.
Peoples agreement on climate change
Final agreement of Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.
Brazil: Sumaúma – the year in images
On the one-year anniversary of Amazon-centred news community, Sumaúma, co-founder Jonathan Watts shares some of his favourite images from a year of enormous – and mostly positive change