[By Leah Temper, Daniela del Bene and Joan Martinez-Alier for Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain] ABSTACT – This article highlights the need for collaborative research on ecological conflicts within a global perspective. As the social metabolism of our industrial economy increases, intensifying extractive activities and the production of waste, the related social and environmental impacts generate conflicts and resistance across...

[:en][By David Hill on Theguardian.com] Former deputy editor of National Geographic Brazil says a “humanitarian catastrophe” is taking place in Brazil’s Amazon. One of the perpetrators of arguably Brazil’s most internationally high-profile murders in recent years is currently walking around free. In 2013, amid much media coverage, Lindonjonson Silva Rocha was sentenced to 42 years prison for killing two nut...

[:en]Todd Stern, why don’t you acknowledge the ecological debt?[:]

[:en][By Joan Martinez-Alier on Ejolt.org] In one of the last days of the COP21 in Paris in December 2015, where the pressure in the streets from the environmental justice movement was lacking, the special ambassador from the United States, Todd Stern, reiterated again that “there’s one thing that we don’t accept and won’t accept in this agreement and that is the notion that there should be liability and compensation for loss and...

[:en]For a Critique of Carbon Trading Dogma[:]

[:en][By Emanuele Leonardi* on Entitleblog.org] Market fundamentalism must be reversed if a politically sound solution to climate change is to be found. From this perspective, Cop 21 will not deliver. As expected, there was much talk about the ongoing Cop 21 in Paris. Most of it concentrated on the geopolitical dimension of climate negotiations: for example, Jason Box and Naomi Klein stress the link between global warming catastrophic...

[:en]Paris attacks – COP21 and the war on terror[:]

[:en][By Oliver Tickell on Theecologist.org] Is it a coincidence that the terrorist outrage in Paris was committed weeks before COP21, the biggest climate conference since 2009? Perhaps, writes Oliver Tickell. But failure to reach a strong climate agreement now looks more probable. And that’s an outcome that would suit ISIS – which makes $500m a year from oil sales – together with other oil producers. The first thing...

[:en]COP21 Day 3: fossil fuel divestment movement hits $3.4trn[:]

[:en][By editorial staff on Climateactionprogramme.org] The third day of the COP21 UN climate summit on Wednesday saw the global fossil fuel divestment movement pass $3.4 trillion. More than 500 organisations worldwide, representing over $3.4trn in assets, have now made divestment pledges after a set of new commitments were registered in Paris. Day three of the historic UN Climate Change Conference saw 19 French cities and the French...