2010 December 10 « Antinuclear

Cancun Climate Change Conference: indigenous peoples shafted again

indigenous peoples act as stand-ins for all of us. They are experiencing the first, most direct impacts of climate change (while bearing the least responsibility for them)………the industrialized countries are, again, avoiding the drastic cuts recommended by scientists — and, again, diverting attention to a program called Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD).a proposal that allows them to continue polluting, and offset the results via forest conservation.a proposal that allows them to continue polluting, and offset the results via forest conservation.