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politics.jpg (9383 bytes)WHO RULES YOUR WORLD?

Rather than promoting democracy and equality and building a just framework for future governance, environmental negotiatons have turned into business transactions where the rich and powerful often trample on the poor and weak.


Centre for Science and Environment seeks to present a balanced and informed analysis of the global politics of the environment

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'It began in the train itself'
Two reporters immersed in the ongoing mela in Mumbai
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Cancún, Mexico (Sept. 10-14, 2003)
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joburg_logo.jpg (7354 bytes)Concrete plan or lip service to environment?
What did thousands of delegates and the world’s heads of state achieve when they met to discuss the ‘last chance to save the world’ at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002?
NEWS/TRENDS
Tracking the events and stories on the negotiations and treaties that are changing your future, today.
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EVENTS
We are currently active in the preparatory process for the upcoming WSSD.
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PUBLICATIONS
conten_geg2.jpg The Global Environmental Negotiations (GEN) Reports presents the most up-to-date facts, figures & analysis of emerging trends and the changing face of global politics.
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Web-based information on Global Environmental Negotiations
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EQUAL RIGHTS TO THE ATMOSPHERE

climate.jpg (5871 bytes)Equity is a prerequisite for any global agreement, particularly when dealing with the pollution of a global common property resource such as the atmosphere. Discussions on global warming and climate change, however, threaten to put unequal burden on the nations of the world.

red_dot.jpg (532 bytes) Read CSE's briefing paper on the topic (.pdf)

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Seven experts write on what to expect from the CoP-9 negotiations in Milan, Italy
[Dec. 1-12, 2003]
cop_big.jpg A look at the eighth Conference of Parties (CoP-8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in New Delhi, India
[Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, 2002]
 

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CoP-9 ended with the world no wiser about Moscow’s intentions

[Dec 31, 2003]
live.jpg (2905 bytes)Interview with David Anthony King, chief scientific advisor to the UK government for three years
[Dec 31, 2003]
rice.jpg (2367 bytes)Hopes rise though US Climate Change Bill fails
US senate rejects country’s first climate change bill, but margin gets narrower

[Dec 15, 2003]
New Delhi to Milan
Six experts speak on CoP-9

[Dec 15, 2003]
looks.jpg (3202 bytes)Climate Change affects world's lakes
By 2080, the world’s lakes will experience a temperature change of up to
6.7 °C

[Dec 15, 2003]
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E-commerce can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

[Dec 15, 2003]

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