"People before Commodities" - IFOAM Side Event at the UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations in Bonn, Germany (AWG-KP 13 and AWG-LCA 11), that took place on Thursday, 5 August .

Democracy Now report on the contentious approval of the Eskom loan to South Africa

On the 20th of November 2009 the Dutch NGO Both ENDS organised a Political Cafe in The Hague. In the debate a diverse panel gave their opinion on investments made by the European Investment Bank. This bank invested in a hydro-power dam in Uganda and a paper pulp mill in Brazil. In Both cases the local population and the environment were severely damaged.

Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner debates plans for the International Monetary Fund to collect $100 billion a year from member nations to fund climate change initiatives.

Short round table session with Elisabeth Schroedter MEP, Anelia Stefanova (CEE Bankwatch Network) and Julien Dijol (CECODHAS) in framework of the conference "Climate Proofing EU Structural and Cohesion Funds", hosted by Elisabeth Schroedter.

Protestors at the COP15 call for a different climate agreement, based on the Peoples' Declaration on Climate Change, with rich nations paying their debt to the poor.

During the second meeting between the G20 finance ministers in St Andrews on Saturday morning, over 300 protesters gathered on West Sands to share their support for climate change reduction and social justice initiatives. After a photo-op with news outlets, the group marched to the Union to prepare for a counter-summit workshop with speakers from various organizations in the afternoon.

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Interview on Bishopsgate, London, occupied by Climate Campers while the G20 meet down the way..

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