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THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE

Issue No. 292 (Dec 2014)


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COVER: From Lima to Paris: The difficult road ahead to a 2015 climate accord

Lima climate conference averts collapse, defers key issues to 2015 Paris conference
The UN climate conference in Lima barely succeeded in salvaging a framework for a new climate change treaty and the outstanding critical issues will have to be thrashed out before the Paris conference.
By Martin Khor

The battle over the Lima Call for Climate Action
The background to, and an analysis of, the protracted fight over the framework for a new climate treaty to be adopted at the 2015 Paris climate conference.
By Meena Raman

'Common but differentiated responsibilities' principle restored
One cause for cheer at the Lima climate conference was the restoration to the negotiating framework of the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities'.
By Meena Raman and Indrajit Bose

Lima conference adopts decisions on finance and loss and damage mechanism
The Lima climate conference was forced to defer a decision on the sticky issue of institutional arrangements to address the impact of the implementation of response measures to climate change.
By Hilary Chiew

Dirty energy reliance undercuts US, Canada rhetoric at climate talks
The US and Canada came under fire for their posturing as responsible climate leaders while maintaining strong domestic commitments and links with the fossil fuel industry.
By Leehi Yona

US polluters über alles
It is the emissions of the United States and other industrialised countries that are at the heart of today's ecological problems.
By John Miller

Climate justice is the only way to solve climate crisis
Preventing the climate crisis requires long-term thinking, brave leaders and a mass movement with climate justice at its heart. 
By Jagoda Munic

Messages from the end of the world
The synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, together with a 'summary for policymakers', distilled the main findings of the body's three earlier reports on climate change science, adaptation and mitigation.
By Martin Khor

Deforestation in the tropics affects climate around the world, study finds
A worldwide study on tropical deforestation reveals how far-reaching its impact can be.
By Robert McSweeney

China's renewable energy revolution: what is driving it?
China is leading the world in the installation of electrical capacity from alternative energy sources.
By John A Mathews and Hao Tan

ECOLOGY

'Yes, we have no bananas'
The drive to introduce a genetically engineered 'super banana' into the Ugandan market can only be viewed as part of a powerful and coordinated effort to transform Africa's agricultural systems to serve corporate and foreign interests.
By Matt Canfield and Phil Bereano


WORLD AFFAIRS

The CIA's secret killers
The CIA is positioning itself for further disclosures of crimes it had committed in the War on Terror in the Bush years, and engaging in preemptive damage control.
By Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St Clair

The torture report: Latin America's lessons for the United States
The Senate report on torture obligates the United States to prosecute those who sanctioned its use. Latin America's efforts can help show how.
By Jo-Marie Burt


HUMAN RIGHTS

Mining interests in Guatemala challenged by indigenous direct democracy
Indigenous Mayan communities in Guatemala have stepped up their resistance to the predatory activities of multinational mining companies.
By Jeff Abbott


WOMEN

Child sex crimes: Uruguay's ugly hidden face
Uruguay is plagued by a serious problem of sexual exploitation of children and teenagers.
By Diana Cariboni


VIEWPOINT

Hunger in Britain: A food industry at war with nutrition
A report that over 900,000 people in Britain had been forced to turn to food banks during the year to make ends meet has raised concern, especially since more than a third of these were children.
By Jeremy Seabrook


POETRY

Piano and Drums
Often referred to as 'the Nigerian Negritudist', Gabriel Okara (b.1921) is also a novelist. A pioneer of modern literature, he has won both local and international literary awards.
By Gabriel Okara


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