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Vandana Shiva: Agri-Corporations Attempt to Hijack COP21

Vandana Shiva: Agri-Corporations Attempt to Hijack COP21

In 2008, before the climate summit in Copenhagen, I wrote the book Soil Not Oil. It was a time when the intimate connections between climate and agriculture, air and soil were not being recognized in any forum, neither in the negotiations on climate change nor in the climate movement. As we head into the Conference […]

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    It’s Time to Jump on the Train to the Future: All Aboard the Low Carbon Express

    It’s Time to Jump on the Train to the Future: All Aboard the Low Carbon Express

    Six weeks from the Paris climate summit, this was the week that incumbent fossil interests pulled back from their long-held line of defense, the argument that reliance on coal and oil was essential for global prosperity, growth and stability, and that climate risks would simply have to be endured. Instead two powerful forces seem poised to sweep […]

    Oslo Becomes First Capital City in the World to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    Oslo Becomes First Capital City in the World to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    The City of Oslo has, today, become the first capital city in the world to ban investments in fossil fuels, as it announced it will divest its $9 billion pension fund from coal, oil and gas companies. Today’s announcement follows a previous pledge in March to ban investment in coal. Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, of […]

    10 Groundbreaking Solutions for a Sustainable Planet

    10 Groundbreaking Solutions for a Sustainable Planet

    Today, sustainability think tank Sustainia and partners announced a top-10 of leading sustainability innovations for 2015. The 10 projects and technologies are finalists for international honor, Sustainia Award, which identifies and celebrates groundbreaking sustainability solutions from all over the world. Sustainia’s Award Committee, led by Arnold Schwarzenegger, will now review the finalists, which come from […]

    ​Sweden to Become One of World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation​s

    ​Sweden to Become One of World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation​s

    Sweden is setting out to prove that the world doesn’t need fossil fuels. In a recent announcement, the Swedish government said it will invest 4.5 billion kronor, or US$546 million, in their 2016 budget “to meet the challenges of climate change, increase the share of renewable energy and stimulate development of innovative environmental technology.” #Sweden on […]