Issue-Environmental Justice
How Racism and Classism Undergird Climate Adaptation Strategies
Mitigating the harm will undoubtedly require far-reaching adaptation policies that will further benefit the North globally and middle and upper classes locally. Why? Existing knowledge and capital asymmetries.
Read MoreSantos’ Plan without Afros
Should the Santos administration have consulted afro-descendent communities before presenting the National Development Plan before Congress?
Read MoreStained with the Same Grease
Palm oil production creates two main problems: one environmental and one social.
Read MorePeace and Referendum
It could be that the Public Prosecutor is correct in saying that a Peace Agreement with the FARC does not legally require a referendum. However, it is necessary considering democratic political legitimacy.
Read MoreA New Climate for Climate Change
Never before have governments committed to proposing and publishing precise goals regarding emission reductions.
Read MoreWhat Are We Going to Eat for the Holidays?
Holiday meals provide us an opportunity to demand more information from the food industry.
Read MoreThe Hot Climate Cash
What are the challenges of the Climate Green Fund? What should be the purpose of this money? In an interview with El Espectador, Andrea Rodríguez, Legal Counsel for Climate Change of AIDA, answers these questions and says that up until now expectations have not been met.
Read MorePeru’s Two Faces
Peru has one face for the international community in the COP 20 and another that its citizens see. Analysis by Dejusticia from Lima.
Read MoreDid the Amazon’s lifesaver get punctured?
The Santos adminsitration’s good intentions in the Amazon have been undone by its own actions. As told by La Silla Vacía, in August 2012 ex-Minster of the Environment Frank Pearl, before leaving office, threw a lifesaver for the Amazon. Pearl released Resolution 1518 of 2012, which establishes that no one can drill any part of the Amazon classified as Forest Reserve (according to Law 2 of 1959) for mining activities, until the Ministry of the Environment zoned the territory. In other words, until it defined which areas of the Amazon territory classified as Forest Reserve– the large majority (see Map 1)– should be protected and which can house economic projects, among them mining.
Read MoreFracking Lessons for the Global South
Before we undertake fracking, we should learn to listen to citizens, to make decisions about development based on the voices that live on the land and will be affected by those decisions.
Read MoreWhat the Kichwa People of Sarayaku Leave Behind
What do the Kichwa People of Sarayaku leave behind?
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