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.

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.

Author: elzagtoura
Keywords: Financial Crisis
Added: December 2, 2009

The two main factions in Zimbabwe's unity government have clashed over how to spend half a billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund, in a dispute that could create further tensions in the already shaky coalition.

The country's finance minister, Tendai Biti, of the Movement for Democratic Change, has earmarked about $50m of

John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland's economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporations .

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December 7-18 2009, world leaders meet in Copenhagen to negotiate the next global climate change treaty -- and social movements from across the planet with be inside the talks and on the streets to demand a just solution to the greatest crisis facing our generation. The time to frame the future of climate change action is right now, and smartMeme is on the case with a crew of U.S.

International Association for Human Values founded by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar held the 6th conference on Ethics in Business in European Parliament, Brussels.

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.

Power point presentation offering a brief overview of the World Bank's IBRD.