PARIS CLIMATE 2015: TO STEAL EVERYTHING, WE DECEIVE EVERYONE

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Wrong Kind of Green Nov 29, 2015 Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Social Engineering, TckTckTck, Whiteness & Aversive Racism, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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WWF: One of the founding NGOs of TckTckTck, the organization behind the global climate marches. Further reading: TckTckTck: The Bitch is Back

The Silence of the Pandas is a must watch documentary on what the non-profit industrial complex actually means when it echoes “to change everything we need everyone“.

As documented in the film:

“The WWF Argentina established cooperation with several soy companies thanks to Dr. Hector Laurence. Interestingly, Laurence did not only work for the WWF but was also the president of an agro association and the director of a genetic engineering company at that time. “I am independent and that is why I was able to establish cooperation between an environmental organisation and the industry,” explains Laurence.

The soy business is huge in Argentina. The size of the soy desert is as big as Germany. Argentina and the company Monsanto plan to double the size of the plantation – with the support of WWF.

The Fund claims that the forests are substandard and useless. Although jaguars, monkeys and many other species habitat that forest. People living in the soy desert are facing water shortage and illnesses due to the herbicide Roundup. Genetically modified seeds from Monsanto have to be sprayed with this herbicide. Roundup is a successor to Agent Orange. It is dangerous for humans; it can change genes, cause cancer and abnormalities. The house of family Rojas was once sprayed by accident. All of their food crops died, Mr Rojas got skin rash and his pregnant wife gave birth to a dead baby with strong abnormalities. Several doctors found that the abnormalities were due to changes in the baby’s genes, most likely caused by Roundup.

Despite the dangerous herbicide and unproven risks of genetically modified food, Monsanto has been certified by the Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS) in 2010. The WWF is officially against genetic engineering but is a member of RTRS.”


MUST WATCH DOCUMENTARY: WWF: The Silence of the Pandas:

Video at link.

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Acceleration "environmentalists" in Paris
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In Paris, continuing frenzy of democracy. Following the Islamist-shot utyrkami inhabitants in the center of Paris, today there dispersed the participants' march of climate. "

Members of the Paris demonstration in defense of the Earth's climate, which the authorities carrying out the previously banned in the state of emergency at the moment accelerates the local police.
State of emergency was introduced in France the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers after the attacks on November 13 in Paris. UN Climate Conference will open in Paris on November 30th. According to the Elysee Palace confirmed their participation heads of state and government of 138 countries. It is expected that the summit will take part Russian President Vladimir Putin. France hopes to reach an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to prevent climate change is also planned to collect 100 billion a year, starting from 2020, to help developing countries deal with change

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In general, in Paris did not get bored. To what Hollande has brought the country. When Sarkozy was not such garbage. Although there is no - there.

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Although there is no - there.

Unbelievably trivializing. If these were Muslims protesting in the streets, the Paris cops would shoot them down, but these "little bourgeois cadets" get media coverage and are treated as "serious". Where are the Guy Fowlkes masks? I thought that was required by the capitalist media in order to identify the crowd as a "good" one.

FROM TCKTCKTCK, TO AIR FRANCE, TO “EARTH TO PARIS”, HAVAS WORLDWIDE CONTINUES TO HYPNOTIZE

Wrong Kind of Green Dec 01, 2015 350.org / 1Sky,

December 1, 2015

By Cory Morningstar and Forrest Palmer

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Havas Worldwide, formerly known as Euro RSCG, is one of the largest integrated marketing communications agencies in the world. Clients include Air France, the 2009 Havas creation TckTckTck, and hundreds of the world’s most powerful corporations. More recently, Havas Worldwide is recognized as a convening partner of the COP21 Earth to Paris campaign with international NGOs 350.org, Avaaz, Ceres, the World Bank (via Connect4Climate), media, etc. During a live-streamed summit on December 7th and 8th for the COP21 climate conference, these instruments of empire will deliver ‘a new universal climate change agreement.'”

United Nations Development Programme Press Release, October 29, 2015:

“Earth To Paris, a coalition of partners helping to drive awareness about the connection between people and planet as well as the need for strong climate action, announced it will host “Earth To Paris—Le Hub” a two-day, high-impact, live-streamed summit on 7 and 8 December in Paris during COP21 — the United Nations climate conference to deliver a new universal climate change agreement.

Experts, advocates, CEOs, and other leaders in Paris will discuss creative and impactful solutions to climate change, while participants around the world take part through multi-language livestreamed video and real-time interactions across multiple social media platforms using the unifying hashtag #EarthToParis.

The convening partners of the Earth To Paris Coalition are United Nations Foundation, GOOD Magazine, City of Paris (Mairie de Paris), Mashable, UNFCCC, National Geographic Jynwel Foundation, UNESCO, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF and HAVAS Worldwide.

Collaborating partners include Action/2015, AFP Foundation, Avaaz, Better World Campaign, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Ceres, Climasphere, The Climate Reality Project, Collectively, Connect4Climate– the global partnership program of the World Bank Group, DailyMail.com, Earth Day Network, The East African, El Pais, Enactus, Energy Future Coalition, European Foundation Centre, Fair Observer, Girl Up, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Global Citizen, Global Moms Challenge, GREEN Africa Directory, Helloasso, Impaqto, Love Song to the Earth, Make Sense, The Nature Conservatory, Nothing but Nets, Natural Resources Defense Council, Planeta Futuro, Rainforest Partnership, Rovio Entertainment, Scope Group, Sevenly, Shft.com, Shot@Life, Sister Cities International , +SocialGood, +SocialGood Ghana, Social Good Week, Sustainable Energy for All, SXSW, SXSW Eco, Test Tube, Travel +Social Good, UNA-USA, Universal Access Project, Vice News, Voice of America, We Mean Business and the X Prize Foundation.”

350.org, a co-founder of TckTckTck, is not listed in the above press release yet is a collaborating partner, identified on the Earth to Paris Website partner page.

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[Website: http://www.EarthToParis.org | Twitter: https://twitter.com/EarthToParis]

Marching In a Hypnotic State

Havas Worldwide clients include both Air France and Havas creation TckTckTck.

“Havas Worldwide agency BETC transformed Air France into a provider of true well-being with inspired cuisine, rich culture, exquisite fashion, and a certain style…. Air France has created an entire “well-being” experience and embraced digital and social technology as it expands the campaign with Air France Music on iTunes and develops a hypnotizing music-based app for Facebook. Since the campaign began, advertising tracking scores have been outstanding, business class occupancy has hit a record 83 percent, and quarterly revenues saw 16 percent and 12 percent spikes thanks to the advertising.” – Havas Worldwide Website

“The subject of climate change was slipping off global agendas, with news coverage waning after having peaked in 2006. People felt confused and helpless… Havas Worldwide’s Social Business Idea® was the simple mnemonic “TckTckTck” – evoking the ticking of a clock counting down and time running out. Tapping the power of open sourcing, we recruited influencers to endorse the campaign, and encouraged advertisers and social media users to adapt and spread the logo. More than 17 million climate allies signed the petition, over 50,000 “TckTckTck” dog tags were sold, and media coverage valued at over $30 million was generated. A custom-recorded song was downloaded more than 450,000 times. – Havas Worldwide Website
In 2009, global civil society was cleverly seduced into sleeping with the enemy via the TckTckTck campaign. [Further reading: EYES WIDE SHUT | TckTckTck exposé]. In 2014, not one to learn from the past, civil society, would yet again sleep with the enemy. Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA/TckTckTck), an initiative that began in Bali (2007) with a $300,000 funding commitment from the Quebec government, is a “coalition of twenty key international organizations” including Avaaz, 350.org, Greenpeace , Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum, OXFAM, WWF, World Council of Churches, Union of Concerned Scientists, Equiterre, Global Call to Action against Poverty (also co-chaired by Kumi Naidoo), and the Pew Environment Group. [Source]

Today, almost 6 years later, living amidst a heavy mental lull bearing much resemblance to Stockholm syndrome, we have chained ourselves to the bed – willing participants in turning ourselves into the enemy’s personal bitch marching across the globe to our own annihilation. [Further reading: TckTckTck: The Bitch is Back]

“GCCA [Global Call for Climate Action] worked behind the scenes for over a year to prepare for the biggest date in 2014, leveraging every possible asset and contact to rally around the historic Peoples’ Climate March in the run-up to the UN Climate Leaders Summit…. In the preceding months, GCCA convened weekly calls with key partners 350.org, Avaaz, USCAN and Climate Nexus to catalyse activities and identify gaps…. Everything came together on the day as we bore witness to the world’s biggest ever climate march, and inspiring events across the globe, with world leaders, business people, activists, parents and artists walking shoulder-to-shoulder.” — GCCA Annual Report 2014

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910)

As the establishment rave in Paris winds down, the chimera of clean energy propels industrial societies toward nuking the future. The new age ghost dance, as an expression of social despair, has led to progressive self-delusion that promises us the world, if only we believe. Stepping through the looking glass, one can examine the metrics of messaging by establishment social media and philanthropy, that, combined, is the driving force of the non-profit industrial complex. [Jay Taber, Rave New World]

Yet, very few are willing to step through the looking glass.

The Architects of the Final Solution will be pleased at the resounding success of their investments in Controlling Consciousness; the whole world is becoming A Culture of Imbeciles. [Jay Taber, Marching for Monsanto]

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Further reading:The Bitch is Back: http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2015/11/28/tcktcktck-the-bitch-is-back/

This Changes Nothing. Why the People’s Climate March Guarantees Climate Catastrophe: September 17, 2014

Under One Bad Sky | TckTckTck’s 2014 People’s Climate March: This Changed Nothing: September 30, 2015

Metrics as a Proxy for Social Change: The Climate Cartel, Impact Funding, and the Abandonment of Struggle: http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2015/11/30/metrics-as-a-proxy-for-social-change-the-climate-cartel-impact-funding-and-the-abandonment-of-struggle/

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igh Level Segment continued climate summit in Paris
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FRANCE, December 8, 2015.- The Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change today continues its high-level segment, with interventions by ministers and heads of delegation.

Following statements by each country to plenary limited to three minutes, it will be the turn of intergovernmental organizations and NGOs. It is a complement to the meeting of leaders who were at the beginning of the cop21. The French presidency of the COP must then submit a document setting out the main concerns of the negotiating groups. It is expected that the conference concluded on Friday with an agreement.




It is important to clarify that what is going to adopt here is the text of the document, for approval as agreement is the decision of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

Then there would be a conference of plenipotentiaries, where countries begin to sign the document and then ratify it.

In that sense, Cuba maintains its interest in achieving a universal and binding agreement. The Minister for Science, Technology and Environment, Elba Rosa Pérez, reaffirmed the country's commitment to the success of the climate conference in Paris, to be achieved transparently fair, balanced and ambitious agreement.

Speaking at the high-level segment of the meeting, Perez cited the intervention of Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, in the event that initiated the Conference leaders, that the Paris agreement must entail a firm commitment to overall reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

After a week of work, the cop21 still faces major challenges such as finance, technology transfer and capacity building. Another sensitive issue is loss and damage.

Developed countries must accept the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities regarding historical emissions of greenhouse gases.

Laurent Fabius, President of the cop21, stressed the importance of achieving a universal agreement. Southern nations advocate the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities because of the role of industrialized nations in environmental pollution.

Developing states are suing the North political will from the contribution of resources, capabilities and technologies that facilitate adaptation to current climate scenario and the abandonment of dependence on fossil fuels.

Also, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon said that the climate summit should basically out a binding agreement.

Ban stressed the intention to establish mechanisms to review the eventual agreement, which would include checking every five years of the agreement, with the first 2020.

For Latin America, Nicaragua demanded direct and unconditional for all the consequences of climate change in developing countries suffer damages.

The African Group noted that a new climate agreement must prioritize vulnerabilities and urgent needs of Africa. (CubaMinrex / PL)

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The Cubans take this serious, for good reason. And this despite the fact that they know as we know that the US and other capitalists will obstruct any meaningful resolutions which negatively affect the bottom line. And anything they do agree to will turn a profit and have negligible effect on climate. So I am filled with cynicism & snark, paralyzed. But not the Cubans, they do what must be done and work for the future even if it is not visible. There's a lesson there.

Cuban deputies climate appointment advocate in environmental education
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FRANCE, December 8, 2015.- Cuban Deputies stressed here today the importance of environmental education as one of the elements to strengthen to effectively address climate change.

Must be educated from an early age on issues related to caring for the environment, he told Prensa Latina Adianez Taboada, vice president of the Commission that serves the education, culture, science, technology and the environment in the Parliament island.

Taboada, who participated in a parliamentary event on the theme, parallel to the UN Conference on Climate Change (cop21) in session in this capital, also it said that the realization of funding policies is essential.

They must include the use of science and technology innovation, and technology transfer in terms of mitigating the effects of climate change, he stressed.

The issue of common but differentiated responsibilities was a principle to which representatives of various delegations spoke, he added.

He also noted that the primary motivation of the meeting was how parliaments contribute from all the policies established by governments to mitigate the damages of that phenomenon.

In this regard, Deputy Jose Rubiera, head of the Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology of Cuba, stressed that climate change is a serious problem whose existence no doubt. Not taken urgent measures, this phenomenon will cause serious consequences of any kind, he said.

Knowing all that, he said the cop21 gives a hope that the world's governments can agree to limit to two degrees Celsius or less the temperature increase by 2050.

2050 seems far away, but is just around the corner and now we must implement measures because it takes some time in the atmosphere gradually restored, he told Prensa Latina.

Rubiera stressed that not all nations have the same degree of responsibility because developing countries do not emit nothing compared to the emission of greenhouse gases of the great powers.

The small islands, small island states, developing nations, which are the least emitting, will suffer the greatest ravages of climate change. This is already seeing increasing tide, tropical cyclones and all weather disasters that may have or that may come in the future, he said.

Moreover, industrialized should be those that provide more funding and transfer of technology so others can grow economically with clean and renewable energy. Although the responsibility of all, there must be a distinction, he said. (CubaMinrex / PL)

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COP 21 in Paris: No Climate Reparations, No Economic Retooling, Militarization and Business As Usual


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Even before the recent killings in Paris, reports Kali Akuno, the Un Conference on Climate Change in Paris was calculated to ignore input from civil society. President Obama declared there would be no climate reparations, no massive retooling of economies, nothing but business as usual.

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JESSICA DESVARIEUX, PRODUCER, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I'm Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore.

The United Nations climate negotiations, known as COP 21, is underway in Paris. Its goal is to produce a binding global climate agreement that would limit the rise in global average temperature to 2 degrees Celsius. Activists have staged mass sit-ins all over the globe to protest the participation of corporate polluters in the climate talks, and to elevate the voice of civil society. But what exactly are various groups in civil society proposing as an alternative? Here to help answer this question are our two guests: Anjali Appadurai and Kali Akuno. Anjali is an activist currently at COP 21 talks in Paris, and Kali Akuno is the co-director of Cooperation Jackson.

Thank you both for joining us.

KALI AKUNO: Pleasure to be here.

ANJALI APPADURAI: Thanks, Jessica.

DESVARIEUX: So, you guys are both there in Paris, but I'm going to start off with you, Anjali. You're sitting in these meetings inside COP 21, attending panel discussions. Can you just describe for us, what has it been like to be there? And do you feel like your voice is being heard by the leaders of the world?

APPADURAI: This has been a really--I've been to five COPs now. And this COP is at once--is at once the most pressurized and the one with the most at stake, and also most--it's sort of a sad COP, because we're seeing one hand in the leadup to the COP very restricted civil society participation. And I really believe that civil society are a critical and key component of the whole political process around climate change because we're really the ones who are going to demand true ambition of our governments.

And then on the other hand, you see these talks that are quite stalled and are in a, a deadlock that has persisted for years now. And in that deadlock we see justice and equity start to slowly be subverted by a less ambitious and less fair narrative. So it's a sad COP, I would say. And for civil society it's a frustrating COP. Very frustrating. We've had people in the streets, we've had people get arrested. We had over 200 people get arrested last week at a protest. We had more people get arrested and detained by police today for protesting outside a corporate conference.

And there's just the sense of frustration. There's a sense of, like, wanting to break through, but not being able to and being repressed instead.

DESVARIEUX: Yeah. Kali, I want to get your comment on that. Do you have the same feeling of frustration? Have you had similar experiences?

AKUNO: Well, this is also, strangely enough, my fifth COP. And my orientation is I guess slightly different. I didn't expect much from the process to begin with from the government. So the level at which we've been kind of excluded for me was something much more anticipated. And as a result I--I and a Cooperation Jackson, we've been much more focused on engaging civil society and the communities here actually in metropolitan Paris.

But overall, I mean, it's a very repressive context. Civil society has been very marginalized and excluded from this COP like I've never seen before. And I would say that there was, there was--some of this was designed in the COP before the state of emergency, which I think the public and the world should know, just how this particular COP was set up far away from the central city, far away from where most of the folks coming into Paris could engage in the very kind of isolated community, which I think tends toward the democratic--the anti-democratic orientation of the governments towards this process, particularly since, I think it was COP 15, basically.

So I would echo what was shared, and really just want to give people the impression so you fully understand and get a sense of there are police and military forces everywhere. And they are doing some particular targeting of civil society activists. Primarily from Europe, but not exclusively from Europe.

DESVARIEUX: All right. Let's turn and speak about some news that came out of COP 21 this week. Many environmentalists are actually applauding this. More than 50 African nations, they plan to mobilize $20 billion with the goal of adding 300 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030. Anjali, you've been following this story a bit. Do you have a sense of how they plan on funding such a large project, and do you have high hopes that it'll actually come to fruition?



APPADURAI: Yeah. The African renewable energy initiative is one of the few bright spots coming out of COP. It's a great initiative that will see Africa produce more than 10 gigawatts of new and additional electricity by 2020, and it's being funded by developed countries who, by funding it and by putting money into that fund, are actually fulfilling their obligations under the convention to provide new and additional climate finance.



Now, developed countries in the history of the talks have been notorious for really sort of slacking on their obligations and cooking the books when it comes to climate finance. It's been—finance, being one of the critical pillars of the whole issue, is often one that's the most fraught with dishonesty and with the cooked books and double-counting. But this is a great fund, because it actually, it actually puts the power to spend the money back in the hands of the African countries who are actually needing the electricity, and going to be producing it.

DESVARIEUX: Kali, do you see this plan actually coming into fruition? I mean, pledges have been made in the past. What do you make of this?

AKUNO: Well, I agree that I think it's one of the bright spots coming out of the official--from a governmental process. Do I see it coming to fruition? I think as long as the African bloc kind of maintains its unity throughout this process, and I think as long as they keep kind of pressing with the support of civil society, primarily from Africa, with some of the harder demands, like the demand for 1.5 as opposed to 2.0 that many of the civil society groups are focusing on, I think it puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the overall process.

And I think, you know, the governments of the world, they want to walk away from this COP saying that they accomplished something. And I think this is one of the things that they can really, you know, pat themselves on the back for. So I think that puts the onus on them to make sure that there is some serious follow through, given the level of commitment that has been made. So I have some hopes that there will be some initiative, but I think--some success in this initiative. But again, I think it's going to take kind of constant pressure from civil society and the African bloc to really make sure that it happens in the future.

DESVARIEUX: All right. Let's pivot and talk about what we think is actually going to come out of this COP 21. You guys are there on the ground. As I said before, you're observing, you're getting all those daily news updates and things of that nature. So Anjali, do you see a substantial agreement actually coming out of COP 21?

APPADURAI: You know, whatever happens in these two weeks, at the end of this we are going to see a big, congratulatory announcement saying, agreement reached in Paris 2015. And that's really where the danger is in the details. Because right now with the draft text as it stands on the table, which just came out yesterday, that draft text entirely leaves out the notion of equity that we believe is central to achieving climate justice through this agreement. You can have an agreement on paper, but if it's not just and if it's not fair, and if it's not going to stop the climate crisis in a just and equitable way for all people, not just some people, then what kind of agreement is that and is that really the agreement we want?

So there are many groups on the ground here who are prepared to reject an agreement that's not equitable and fair. And right now it's not looking like it will be. But there will certainly be a big media hype at the end promoting the agreement.

DESVARIEUX: Why is it not looking like it should be? What in the text, the draft text, is alarming?

APPADURAI: Well, for the last five years there's been a significant fracture in the climate convention. That is between sort of the developing countries who believe that there is a differentiation between the notion of a developed and a developing country, and the different levels of obligation and responsibility and capacity between those two big groups of countries. And there's been an effort from the U.S. the EU, Canada, Australia and Japan, or the industrialized countries in the last five years, to get rid of that notion of differentiation and say that all countries should be on an equal playing field and contribute to emissions reductions at the same level.

And to the vast majority of the world's population, this leaves out, this erases effectively a whole history of emissions and a whole reality on the ground of people's lives and how people's lives are so different in the global North and in the global South. And a just agreement needs to take that differentiation into account.

DESVARIEUX: Got it. Kali, what about you? Do you think that something substantial can come out of this COP 21? And if not, what's the alternative? How do everyday people who want to fight climate change make an impact?

AKUNO: Let me be, I guess, as clear as I can be. I don't think there's anything substantial coming out of this COP. Precisely for the reasons that Anjali had stated. I would really--to understand where I'm at, why I'm making that statement, I would ask folks to really go back and listen very carefully to Obama's comments on November 30 that were a part of the opening of the COP process, where he basically kind of laid out a gauntlet that was, you know, said very craftedly and very cleverly. But number one, he said we're not here to negotiate. There will be no negotiation. None of this process will be legally binding.

Which is something, you know, they've asked for for quite some time and which the overall process was supposed to do in the first place, going back 20-something years. But he said there will be no, basically, negotiation. There will be nothing legally binding, to the point that it was just a, you know, we're not going to honor any form of climate debt. There'll be no substantial transfer of resources or funds, so no reparations and no restitution, no technology transfers of any substantive kind. You know, but it was said in such a way that hey, you know, we're here, we all have some responsibility. There's some urgency. But then he just basically kind of cooked the books, and said that, what was the main point I think he was saying, that there's hope because according to his figures, I don't know how they came up with that other than just telling a bald-faced lie, that global trade increased but carbon emissions did not.

Now, anybody would tell you that with our present level of technology and the way in which business is conducted, that's practically impossible to assert a point that that at this time. But that was something to really sell free trade, the expanse of these trade agreements, and to put the free trade agreements over climate. And to really try to forestall for another 50, 60, 70 years, because they're aiming at coming up with some real resolution, according to what the Obama administration is putting out, by 2100. Which is far too late and ultimately is going to lead us to well beyond a 2 degree temperature increase. And many scientists are looking at, based upon some of the things that are being discussed now with all these voluntary commitments, we're looking at 4 degrees if not more.

So I think the next step, and what I know many of us have been focusing on with the It Takes Roots delegation, is how do we strengthen the role of civil society and the social movements beyond this point, to come up with a broad strategy and a broad program to build a serious fight back initiative and to build concrete alternatives on the ground. Now, that is where I think the real forward motion needs to be going forward. Because they can pat themselves on the back all they want. The reality of it is the earth is heating up and this is going to be a calamity for all of us unless we take some serious concentrated and strategic action going forward.

DESVARIEUX: All right. Kali and Anjali, thank you both for joining us there in Paris. And we'll be sure to have an update with you guys later on in the week. Thank you, again.

AKUNO: Thank you.

APPADURAI: Thank you, Jessica.

DESVARIEUX: And thank you for joining us on the Real News Network

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The Big Climate Agreement Won't Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
A missed opportunity in Paris.
—By Ben Adler
| Wed Dec. 9, 2015 12:25 PM
This story was first published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

On Sunday, a handful of kayaks gathered on the Bassin de la Villete canal in northeastern Paris, in front of a footbridge hung with banners. The one in English read, "Defend the Sacred, Protect the Water." The paddlers were indigenous rights activists from the Americas and Asia. Inside an adjacent boathouse at the subsequent press conference, indigenous leaders in traditional regalia such as beaded sashes and feathered headdresses held forth on the need to "keep it in the ground" when it comes to fossil fuels.

The event, cosponsored by groups such as the Indigenous Environmental Network and Friends of the Earth, aimed to influence the ongoing COP21 climate negotiations happening in Paris. They want the final agreement to protect indigenous rights, in particular the right to be free from fossil fuel extraction on or near their lands.
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But while indigenous rights may make it into the agreement in some form, there is little chance of any meaningful measures to keep fossil fuels in the ground being included. And that's a big missed opportunity.

The closest phrasing that has been in any of the draft agreements rolling out over the course of the negotiations called for rich countries to forgo their own fossil fuel development to allow for the world's limited remaining carbon budget to be extracted from poorer countries that haven't enjoyed as much past fossil fuel–driven development. That global carbon budget is quite constrained: 80 percent of known fossil fuel reserves will have to remain unextracted if we are to stay below 2 degrees Celsius of warming, which is the stated target of the forthcoming Paris agreement. But developed countries like the US, with big fossil fuel industries and domestic enthusiasm for "all of the above" energy policies, certainly won't let any language about leaving fossil fuel development to poorer countries into the final agreement.

"Paris needs to send a signal that the world is moving away from fossil fuels."There was also draft language encouraging countries to stop publicly financing high-carbon energy development, but it would not mandate the end of fossil fuel subsidies. Even setting the abstract goal of decarbonizing the global economy by mid-century meets resistance from oil-rich states like Saudi Arabia.

So the world's largest, most ambitious climate agreement will not include any provisions to limit the supply of the dirty fossil fuels that are driving global warming.

This is an odd state of affairs if you consider that climate activists, particularly ones from the US, have largely shifted their focus from the demand side—calling for capping or taxing carbon pollution—to the supply side—trying to block fossil fuel projects. Of course they still want to cap and tax pollution, but they've been having more success working the other side of the ledger. A new generation of energetic young climate activists and indigenous-rights advocates has emerged with "keep it in the ground" as their rallying cry. In the US, they have shut down coal plants and stopped new ones from being built. They have blocked coal export terminals on the West Coast and a liquefied natural gas terminal on the East Coast. They killed the Keystone XL pipeline. And similar campaigns are being waged in countries all over the world.

"Paris needs to send a signal that the world is moving away from fossil fuels," says Jamie Henn, a spokesperson for 350.org. A deal struck in Paris will send that signal from the demand side, via commitments from various countries to use less coal and more energy from renewable sources. But to explicitly target fossil fuel supplies would require a radical restructuring of the whole process. It's so far outside the bounds of the COP approach that green groups haven't generally pressed for it, choosing instead to focus on topics directly relevant to the current negotiations such pushing for "loss and damage" support for climate change's poorest victims and for a strong enough "ratchet mechanism" to raise the bar on emissions cuts in the future.

"The UN framework hasn't caught up yet with 'keep it in the ground,'" says Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club. "Not everything that is needed to address climate change is even being discussed here."

"The UN framework hasn't caught up yet with 'keep it in the ground.' Not everything that is needed to address climate change is even being discussed here."The COP framework is all about reducing emissions at the tailpipe or smokestack. It counts all emissions where fossil fuels are burned rather than where they are dug out of the ground, and nations' action pledges, known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), only offer to reduce the former. "The UN climate talks have been squarely focused on the fossil fuel demand side of the climate problem for the entirety of the convention's existence, and we've seen how far we've gotten," says David Turnbull, campaigns director for Oil Change International. "Limiting demand is vital, but it's only half of the equation."

The same dynamic is at play in the US, where President Obama is making notable progress in reducing CO2 emissions from automobiles and power plants, but still continues to promote oil and gas drilling and coal mining, even on public land and in public waters, even when it's a net loss for taxpayers and the US Treasury.

In theory, many of the foreign ministers meeting in Paris right now would be happy to keep burning fossil fuels if it were economically and technically feasible to just suck carbon out of the air and permanently store it somewhere. Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi plainly stated this unsentimental view at a COP21 forum on Tuesday: "The problem is not with fossil fuels, it is emissions from fossil fuels," he said. "The research should focus on how we can use fossil fuels without emissions."

"If it's all about the demand side, how is it going to help folks in the sacrifice zone of America's fossil fuel machine?"But if you're concerned about the environmental and social impact of fossil fuel extraction itself or the rights of people who live near oil and coal fields, then that's no good at all. While most COP21 negotiators are just focused on reducing net carbon emissions, indigenous and environment activists also want to protect local communities and ecosystems. This is a fundamental difference in perspective between the mainstream view inside the negotiating rooms and the broader view of advocates on the outside.

"If it's all about the demand side, how is it going to help folks in the sacrifice zone of America's fossil fuel machine?" says Dallas Goldtooth, a campaign organizer from Minnesota with the Indigenous Environmental Network. Goldtooth lives close to both the tar sands in Alberta and the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota. He has seen firsthand the havoc an oil rush wreaks on nearby indigenous communities, from cancer clusters to sexual violence.

Activists also point out the ridiculousness of the US reducing its own coal consumption but then exporting coal to Asian countries such as India that have not pledged to reduce their total emissions.

"The real test of the Paris agreement…is whether it leads to the cancellation of fossil fuel projects."Still, environmentalists hope that the demand-side pledges countries make in Paris will be used to stop fossil fuel extraction going forward. Countries have committed in their INDCs to emissions cuts that they cannot live up to if they keep extracting fossil fuels at their current rate. "The real test of the Paris agreement when it comes to [climate change] mitigation is whether it leads to the cancellation of fossil fuel projects," says Henn. "For example, you can go to Canada and Australia and say, 'Your INDC can't be met with tar sands [in Alberta] or coal mining in the Galilee Basin,'" a big coal-mining region in northeastern Australia.

The Obama administration does seem to at least see the irony of talking about emission cuts while enabling more fossil fuel extraction. The Interior Department had been intending to hold an auction on Thursday for rights to drill for oil and gas on public land, but on Monday it called it off—for now, at least. It's been rescheduled for March. The White House apparently heard the message from activists that it's hypocritical for Obama to pose as a climate leader in Paris at the exact moment that his administration sells off extraction rights to fossil fuel companies.

Conceding to activist pressure like that has begun at the national level, and activists hope it will filter up to the UN—if not in this round of negotiations, then in the next. Friends of the Earth had demanded that the US include limits on fossil fuel extraction in its INDC, but the call didn't get traction. Perhaps in the future there will be a larger campaign around that and it will be heard.

"If this process has legs going forward," says Henn, "keeping it in the ground has to be the next stage."



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No opportunity has been missed, not really. There is zero chance that capital is going to 'take one for the team'. Cuba and the rest are doing what they must, presenting the case, setting up mechanisms which may serve no more purpose than shaming the shameless. No doubt Cuba could present the case against capitalism, which is ironclad, but that would only serve to marginalize them at a conference dominated by capitalist NGO eco-lackeys. It is an absolute fact that we cannot get there from here, here being capitalist society. Anyone who thinks otherwise is either deluded or a tool. The environmental movement is 45 years old and the material benefit it has brought to the people and their planet is hopelessly small relative to the depth of the crisis. And yes, preserving biodiversity is a material benefit to humanity, fyi. A few successful holding actions in the face of wholesale retreat across the front ain't nothing to brag about, nothing to take as a model for success. Recycling your trash is well and good, but wouldn't not creating a bunch of useless crap be better? Capitalism, because of it's anarchy and competition, is the most wasteful system of production ever created. Socialism is not only the best way to live but the only way society can survive and escape the dead end that capitalism has lead us to.

We are going backwards, COP21 is the opposite of progress

Naomi Klein speaks with Frank Barat about the limits of the Paris climate talks and how climate change is an accelerator that makes pre-existing problems worse. This interview was originally published in the French publication Ballast.

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Frank Barat for Ballast: We’re here in Paris. I live in Brussels. Two of the most talked about cities of the last few weeks. Both cities are under what governments call ‘A state of emergency’. Our security is paramount to everything else apparently. The French and Belgian governments are now discussing passing laws that are very similar to what the patriot act is in the USA. Less civil liberties and more surveillance. How close are we to a new type of shock doctrine?


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Naomi Klein: It is not that new. We are in it, not close to it. Some of what we are seeing is worse than what happened after 9/11. Bush did not ban marches and protests across the board. There were certainly increased police presence and more restrictions but this idea of just a complete blanket ban of demonstrations in cities, I don’t remember ever seeing that in North America. What Brussels has experienced is so extreme. So I think this is very familiar, using a crisis and using people’s fear to push through policies that they already wanted to push through like restrictions on privacy, on movement for people, restricting refugee entry, all of this, it is a pretty classic example. The fact that it is unfolding in Paris during the climate summit is really exposing the subjectivity of what gets declared a crisis and what does not. We are here to discuss an existential crisis for humanity and it has never received crisis treatment from elites. They give loads of wonderful speeches but they do not change laws. It is exposing the double standards in a very naked way. In the name of security, they would do almost anything, but in the name of human security, of protecting life on earth, there are loads of talk but no serious regulations of polluters and even the deal themselves they want not to be legally binding. So we are actually moving backwards. The Kyoto protocol was legally binding and now we are moving towards more volunteer, meaningless, non-regulations.

F: Why would a climate deal be our best hope for peace?

N: The first part of it is simply that climate change is already driving conflict. So is the quest for fossil fuels. In terms of the Middle East, our thirst from fossil fuels is a major driver for illegal wars. Do we think Iraq would have been invaded if their major export had been asparagus [as journalist Robert Fisk once asked]? Probably not. We wanted that prize in the west, Iraq’s oil. We wanted this on the world’s market. It was certainly Dick Cheney’s agenda. This destabilized the whole region, which was not particularly stable to begin with because of earlier oil wars and coups and support for dictatorships. This is also a region that is one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Large parts of the Middle East would become unliveable on the emission trajectory that we are on. Syria has experienced the worst drought of its history in the run up to the outbreak of civil war. It is one of the factors that destabilized the country. There is no possibility for peace without very strong actions on climate. What drew me to this issue was understanding that if we are going to take climate change seriously it is going to require a redistribution of wealth, of opportunities and technologies. In this book I begin quoting Angelica Navarro who is a Bolivian trade and climate negotiator, talking about how climate change called for a Marshall Plan for planet earth. For countries that have their resources systematically plundered, like Bolivia and are on the front lines of dealing with the impact of climate change, it requires kind of a writing past wrongs, the transfer of wealth and turning the world right side up that I think are pre-conditions for a more peaceful world.

F: How do you put to the masses of people that to change course, we have to deconstruct capitalism? I think that for most people it is too difficult a change to imagine?

N: In Canada we did this exercise of trying to use climate change and the fact that it puts us on a deadline. Not only do we have to change but we have to change now and if we do not make the most of this remaining decade, it will indeed be too late. What does this mean for healthcare, education, indigenous rights, inequality, what would it look like for refugee rights to take climate change seriously? Our team hosted a meeting of 60 movement leaders and we drafted a document called The Leap. We are really hoping that it would help break through this problem. We found in Canada that the only way to break through is to do it. To get together and act. Everybody is working on such urgent issues. If you are an anti poverty activist or a refugee rights activist, you do not have any spare time. It is only when climate change does not distract from your issue and in fact brings another layer of urgency and a really powerful tool and argument and brings you new allies as well, then people have that space to go, ‘oh yeah, ok, this is actually hopeful, this is not a distraction.’

There are a couple of things we did in Canada. One, we organized a march under the banner ‘jobs, justice, climate’. It was not a theoretical exercise but really an organizing one. How do we talk to people in trade unions about climate in a way that really resonates, how do you talk to people who are just fighting for basic services, for housing, and transit, what would it mean for the Black Lives Matter movement, what are the messages that are different? It really helped. Then we drafted and launched the LEAP manifesto. Not that it is perfect, but it is a start. To me it is shocking the extent to which the anti-austerity movement and the climate movement in Europe do not seem to talk to one another. You could have [Greek Prime Minister Alexander] Tsipras suddenly talking about climate change this week, for the first time from what I can tell since he took office.

Climate change is the best argument against austerity that you are ever going to have. If you are negotiating with Germany, a government that claims to take climate change very seriously and that has some of the most ambitious energy policies in the world, why wouldn’t you talk about climate change in every meetings and say that we cannot have austerity because we have an existential crisis, we have to act. And yet Syriza, Podemos, you almost never hear them talking about climate change. I spoke at a blockcupy rally in Frankfurt a few months ago and climate change was not mentioned. When I talked about the connections, people understood instantly, it is not abstract. If you are dealing with the endless of budget crisis and this false sense of public scarcity, of course governments are going to cut their support for renewables, of course they are going to increase fares for public transit, of course they are going to privatize the rail system as they are doing in Belgium, of course they are going to say that we have to drill for oil and gas to get ourselves out of debt.

These issues are the same stories, so why is it that it seems far off, right? I do not think it is a hard argument to make. I think that people are creatures of habit. There is a lot of fear around talking about climate change. It has been so bureaucratized. A little bit like trade used to be. When we first started talking about free trade deals there was all of this talk about having a degree in international law to understand it as it was so bureaucratic. It was designed to repel public participation. But somehow people started to educate themselves and found ways to talk about it and really understood how it impacted their lives and the things that they understood. They realised they had a right to participate in this conversation. I think that why climate change people are afraid of making mistakes about the science. You have got three levels of bureaucratic language. The scientific, the policy and the UN language. It is very difficult to understand. The UN one is a nightmare. Look at the schedule for the Cop21! It is not in any language anybody could recognize. All of that is part of the reason why even though it is obvious to connect climate to austerity somehow it is not done.

F: I am mostly working on Palestine where climate change and austerity hardly get a mention…

N: Certainly, Palestine people know that water is a major driver and that water scarcity is one of the clearest impact to climate change in the region. Climate change is an accelerate. If you have a pre-existing problem, climate change will make it worse. Look at New Orleans under hurricane Katrina. If you have a society with out of control police and criminal justice system, if you have crumbling public infrastructure, and that you lay on top of that climate change, you have hell on earth. All these things start to go crazy, you have got vigilantes on streets shooting black people – all goes nuts, right?

I think that this is the best way of understanding how climate change plays out in the Middle East. Whatever is wrong gets more wrong. That’s why the slogan ‘system change not climate change’ is more than a slogan because we have a system that is sick on a lot of levels and climate change makes it sicker. Scientists say that climate change loads the dice. You were already going to have a storm but because of climate change it turned into a super storm, you were already going to have a drought but because of climate change it becomes a historic drought. It is an accelerator. If you already have systemic racism and inequality than climate change pushes you into the ugliest place you can possibly get to.

F: You were talking about trade before. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks are held in secret, but apparently not for everybody as it was recently exposed by the Guardian that Exxon Mobil had access to confidential papers and actually wrote the energy chapter. How much does this say about the world and the democracies we supposedly live in?

N: This is what we are seeing at the COP21, right? It has always been the case that transnationals have been part of negotiations (like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change process for example). In France you actually have the clearest example of the intersection of austerity and corporate influence over climate. Although the Hollande government said that it did not have enough money to organize the COP themselves and that they had to bring in all these corporations to sponsor it, Suez and the rest, all big nuclear energy companies and the rest of it, they have they own ideas and agendas about climate change, solutions 21. GMO seeds, Private water, nuclear energy, offshore winds all of these corporate solutions to climate change. Then the civil society spaces where there was going to be the amplification of people’s solutions, community controlled renewable energy, energy co-operatives, agro farming, all of that space has been dramatically restricted. It isn’t just about the loss of that space, this was always going to be a fight between false corporate solutions and real people solutions and one side of that fight has just really been silenced and constrained while the other one is inside the bubble.

F: Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, wrote recently in the Guardian that ‘The political will to act on climate change has arrived’ and that ‘we will look at Paris as a turning point in this century towards a brighter future.’ Is she bluffing? Is it a means to put pressure on the deciders? Or do you agree with her?

N: (Laughs) I think she is a believer and that she is doing her best. We are seeing some serious engagement, but I think it is really unfair to say that we are turning the corner to that bright future when the targets add up to 3 degree Celsius warming, which is catastrophic.

Governments are fighting for those paltry targets to not be legally binding. It is the opposite of progress – we are going backward. Kyoto was legally binding. This is headed towards not being binding. The target in Copenhagen was 2 degrees, which was already too high, and here we are headed towards 3. This is basic laws of physics. It is not forward.

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Notice how Klien deftly ignores the suggestion that we gotta 'deconstruct' capitalism. Even in such a softball form it's too much for her. But the title of the piece is correct, and by denying that capitalism is the centerpiece of climate change, if only by omission, doesn't help either.

In Paris Shouted into the empty bucket. Now everyone is happy, everyone laughs
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A global agreement that should replace the Kyoto Protocol, approved in Paris at the UN World Conference on Climate. In support of the document spoke of 195 delegations from around the world.

They would try not to speak in support! Just it is found that there is no democracy and in general, it's time to make a revolution.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the conclusion of the countries agreement designed to help combat global climate change.

Speaking on the results of the adoption of the document in the French capital, the administrative head of the organization called the event "historic".

"Paris Agreement - is a huge triumph for the people and for our planet" - said Ban Ki-moon. According to him, countries reached agreement became a "turning point" for efforts "to reduce the risks posed by climate change."

Like a stupid person that Ban Ki-moon. Does he seriously think that humanity is able to affect the climate of our planet in a positive way? In the negative - already running! For example, a nuclear strike. And as a positive? And the change of climate on Earth is happening all the time, from the time when even a hint of humanity was not. This is a normal function of the body of the planet. Influence? Here predstavte6 I met you somewhere between the toes germs. And let's decide how to make it so that you did not sleep, and it is advisable not swim! Ridiculous? That same "poreshali" in Paris. Satisfied now sho elephants after swimming!

The Secretary General also stressed that the Paris Agreement provides a basis for "the eradication of poverty, peace and decent life and opportunities for all."

But it is already clear cry in an empty bucket. Well, I yell? Satisfied? And poverty as she was, and will not solve the problem of poverty from the stage performances. There are several other methods are needed. First you need to stop procreating poverty. But for such a proposal and the Americans could shoot the head ...

Obama: climate agreement achieved by "American leadership"

President Barack Obama has expressed the view that the conclusion in Paris on global climate agreement was a great event and claimed the credit for this belongs to the United States.

The head of the US administration also noted that the agreement on climate will help preserve the planet for future generations, but this work will be difficult. "This is the best chance to save the planet that we have," - he said, calling the conclusion of the agreement "a turning point for the entire world."

"Our generation will see only some of the benefits of an economy based on clean energy. Jobs, saving money. We may not live to see the full implementation of our achievements, but that's okay," - said the president. According to him, the most important thing is confidence, "that this planet will be in better shape for the next generation."

I wonder how reducing emissions mulatto wants to increase jobs? Alternative energy ether? String theory? Let us suppose. The fact that the level of technology currently allows a person not to engage in physical labor is almost all. and if Obama does not know that Uncle Morgan, Dupont, Rothschilds, etc. he can drive the brain thought: is not profitable to pay the workers, if you can run the conveyor.

Cameron: the agreement will ensure the future of the planet

"By signing this agreement, the countries of the world have shown the world that can make the unity, ambition and perseverance. The UK has set an example (other) work to reduce emissions (greenhouse gases) and to assist less developed countries to reduce their own (emissions ), - the head of government. - And this global deal now means that the whole world has subscribed for in order to play a role in preventing climate change. This is the moment that is worth to remember, and that is a huge step to ensure that our planet It was provided by the future. "

Yeah, the UK leads the way ... the removal of hazardous industries to other countries! A less-developed countries, "assists". This is how the same countries helped the British? Or consider using that to amerikosy bombed the infrastructure of several countries, production has practically stopped and fewer emissions? Well, if such an option, then yes - help!

I would like to recall that the EU and the US have helped the former Ukraine to reduce emissions! After they paid Maidan and guidance they have appointed politicians, production at the territory they captured, accelerated pace reduced emissions reduced!

Well, that is not something that eat, cold in the house, outside the war. Ukrainian, you feel how much air has become cleaner? How easy it is now to breathe? Felt? This is only the beginning, soon all will be all the production and fill the car will be available only after receiving credit for 20L. gasoline. That's when a Ukrainian, you inhale the air of freedom chity, his sunken chest. Do not forget to thank for this brazen-Saxons.

The head of UNESCO is a historic agreement

The UNESCO welcomed a global climate agreement, approved at the UN World Conference in Paris.

"This is, without exaggeration, a landmark agreement that opens up new prospects for humanity," - said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

In my opinion, it would be better attended to UNESCO destruction of cultural monuments in the world. Assume for discussion will put the question on the actions of the United States in Baghdad, when it was destroyed and looted museum. Or, let them try to fine Kiev Nazis because their henchmen have tried to make out the Potemkin Stairs. A statue of Lenin in Kiev, one that Raguli piled up at the very beginning, has been under UNESCO protection. So they have something to do, and to mind your own business!

The IMF urged countries to begin implementation of the agreement

Countries must begin to implement the approved global climate agreement, it is primarily concerned with payments for emissions into the atmosphere. This was stated by Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde.

And these are all to do with it? Maybe something I do not understand, and the Earth's climate depends on the interest rate of the IMF?

"A new chance for the planet"

The Government of Finland also welcomed the global climate agreement. "This day will remain in history. With all my heart I thank those who participated in the negotiations, particularly the EU team. The planet has brought new hope," - said Finance Minister Alexander Stubb.

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä also thanked the Finnish negotiators "for their efforts to protect the world's climate."

In what will be a day of history, in which they praised each other, poorat in an empty bucket? Or something different? Or from their signature depends on the climate change on the planet? And they could not reject his signature from the course meteor Apophis? And somehow he palivno approaching Earth.

Merkel: climate agreement - a sign of hope

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the Paris Agreement, designed to help in the fight against climate change. "The conclusion of an agreement today for the first time requires the international community to act - to act against global climate change" - she said Saturday night in Berlin.

Old age - no fucking fun! Acting against climate change? And against Northern Lights she does not want to act? And suddenly it harmful? Or let's say an agreement to stop the inflow / outflow?





In general, everything was fun! We agreed that global climate change will not occur, and increase the length of a day for a couple of hours. Obama will fight adic carbon dioxide, and Merkel will likely dihydrogen monoxide, too, is a terrible name!

But somehow I'm sure all those signing have one, but the real purpose. That is what they are really able to affect - reduction of production. The stub is clear that some countries are starting to go to the level of intelligent life, increase their production. And this is a real competition for the rest. Because to be a choice - either to cut production or to pay a penalty (and here and the IMF will come in handy). The main thing - to increase the cost of manufactured goods that he could not compete with the products of "civilized" countries. And if we now remove the measurements, who and how much does emissions, in order to leave them in the future without increasing, Ukraine can begin to bury. As well, and many other countries. Anglo-Saxons who brought democracy.

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Raul: Cuba aspires to a sustainable and prosperous socialist society (+ photos)
By: Raul Castro Ruz
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Closing Raul Castro, the regular session of the National Assembly. Photo: Ismael Francisco / Cubadebate.
Speech by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba in the closing of the X Session of the Seventh Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power Havana, December 13 2012.

Comrades:

A few words to conclude this Regular Session of the National Assembly, the last of the Seventh Legislature, since February 3 next year the elections of provincial delegates and deputies of the Parliament will be held.

Serve the opportunity to express recognition of the fruitful work done by the members of the highest organ of state power in this mandate.

Similarly, the opportunity is ripe to highlight the successful completion of the process of electing delegates to the municipal assemblies of People's Power, characterized by the massive participation of our people in undeniable show of support and confidence in their socialist democracy.
As is usual in our sessions at the end of the year, we will have reviewed the performance of the plan of the national economy but did not reach the projected goal, preserved the positive trend of growth of Gross Domestic Product, GDP -the called.

With regard to 2011, most of the activities recorded higher results, in line with the policy of strengthening the development of the productive sphere, as support of free social services, for all Cubans, who maintained similar levels from greater rationality and efficiency.

In this regard, a major dissatisfaction over the plan this year is the lack of integrity that has characterized the performance of the investment process, which nevertheless exceeded by 15 percent by 2011, it is not fulfilled by 19 percent .

The reasons, I must say bluntly, are not new, they are the same that have been identified many years ago: poor preparation, delays in supplies, low productivity and lack of workforce, resulting in failure to meet agreed schedules and postponement of the commissioning of major production targets, compromising income and savings expected in the projection of the economy as resources deficit for other destinations are immobilized.

It must exceed immobility, superficiality and improvisation that persist in most of our investments and this should characterize the behavior of cadres at all levels of the State, the Government and the Party, as to each one It corresponds.

Moreover, it has maintained a positive correlation between average wage growth and productivity, which contributes to the strengthening of internal financial balance. Although not achieved the planned income from international tourism and the number of foreign visitors expected, again another record is imposed upon arrival 2 million 850 thousand, a growth of 4.9 percent compared with the previous year. Production of oil and gas rose, while progress is being made in the gradual external debt reduction on the basis of strict compliance with the financial commitments that have been taken in recent years, all of which allows us to recover the international credibility of the Cuban economy.

Still far from the final solution, which depends primarily on raising the demands and rigor of the cadres and while recognizing the impact of structural problems in the current economic model, encouraging results are obtained in decreasing accounts receivable and payable due, although not all agencies and the Provincial Administration Councils marching with firm and solid step.

As already explained, the plan next year's forecast to grow 3.7 percent GDP, which is considered acceptable in a scenario of continued global economic crisis, the persecution of Cuban bank transactions is accentuated under the lock American, prevailing restrictions in financial markets and rising prices of food and fuel, to name a few factors.

Planning for 2013 is qualitatively superior in terms of their accuracy and conciliation with the different actors of the national level, as well as greater coordination between the objectives of the plan, the budget and macroeconomic policies, so that gradually move on to economic and financial forms in driving the economy, regardless of the current predominantly administrative methods.

The National Assembly also passed the Law on Budget for next year, with a deficit of 3.6 percent of GDP, which is part of a tolerable range for the current circumstances and ensures the main objectives of economic and social life of the nation.

As has been widely reported, the first of January 2013 will enter into force the new Tax System Act, passed by the Assembly last July and also will be accompanied by its Regulations. It is expected that annually in the Budget Act Parliament set magnitudes, tax bases and the subject of taxes, in line with development priorities of the country.

In that sense I think should be specified that taxes are determined on the basis of the principles of generality and equity, according to the economic capacity of institutions and compelled to fulfill individuals.

This means that no one is exempt from paying the taxes levied and the amount thereof depends on the income and assets owned.

I remembered these concepts in order to modestly contribute to the understanding among different sectors of the population that taxes and other contributions to the budget are a key instrument of economic policy of the country as the main formula of redistribution national income.

Today I reiterate the need to introduce different teaching programs and disseminate through the mass media, the fundamentals of our tax system to raise awareness and create a culture of honesty and civility to prevent the flourishing of selfishness within our society.

In recent days, the party, state and government leaders and deputies have received a wealth of information about the process of implementation of the Guidelines for Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution, approved by the 6th Congress.

Given the above, it is not necessary to dwell on these strategic issues and confine myself to express some general considerations.

We appreciate the update of the Cuban economic model, after initial suppression measures bans and other obstacles to the development of the productive forces, with safe passage up and begins to delve into broader issues, complexity and depth, starting from the premise that everything we do is aimed at the preservation and development in Cuba of a sustainable and prosperous socialist society, the only guarantee of independence and national sovereignty conquered by generations of compatriots in more than 144 years of struggle.

Along with the development of theoretical conceptualization of the Cuban economic model, continues the study of the foundations of Program Long-term development in different spheres of national life and new methodologies for the formation of wholesale and retail prices are implanted, the reorganization and promotion of the wholesale market itself, the experimental creation of non-agricultural cooperatives; while continuing the analysis of the ways to overcome the phenomenon of dual currency with a comprehensive approach.

From the first quarter of next year it will begin conducting experiments in state business organizations chosen for their importance in the performance of the national economy, which is a deepening of the existing enterprise system development and testing allow modern management techniques production and service entities with greater autonomy in order to boost their performance and efficiency, to further extend these experiences to other companies in the country.

Moreover, in order to facilitate the maximum deployment of the potentialities of economic entities without neglecting its main missions they were approved principles to ease the currently restricted social objects, while the development of productive chains under review, that As explained by the Head of the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development, they are a method to raise the competitiveness of enterprises and generate more suitable in the productive structure of the economy proportions.

In today our Parliament, in another demonstration of the deep democratic spirit of the revolutionary process, authorized the realization of the referendum on the Draft of the new Labour Code, which updates in accordance with the socio-economic scenario designed, and labor policies the rights and duties of workers and employers in both the public sector and the non-state. From the results of that consultation, we will be able next year to submit to the approval of the National Assembly the corresponding bill.

It has continued to increase the number of citizens who choose the self-employment -are almost 400 mil- trend that will be reinforced by the application of leasing dedicated to local gastronomy, further easing of relations of payments to the private sector by state enterprises and budgeted units and licensing for the exercise of new activities.

At the same time, on Sunday December 9 entered into force Decree-Law 300, aimed at strengthening the delivery process of idle land in usufruct, which widened to 67.10 hectares, or 5 horses, the area granted to usufruct linked to state farms, Basic Units of Cooperative Production (UBPC) and agricultural production cooperatives, known CPA.

Also, among other provisions, in order to facilitate the lives of the beneficial owners and encourage their stay and settlement with the family in farming, housing construction as bienhechurías was authorized.

They were also approved 17 measures to remove the shackles that have burdened the management of basic cooperative production units, which will encourage all forms of production in the Cuban countryside, regardless of the type of property, unfold under the same conditions.

All these decisions and many more that will be adopted gradually aim to ensure a sustained increase in agricultural production in the country and reduce the food import bill which, despite the incipient growth obtained has continued to rise from year year, reflecting the upward trend in international market prices.
During 2012 we have intensified actions in the interest of improving the work of the agencies of the Central Government, other national institutions and the Councils of the Provincial Administration in order to streamline its operation and make it more rational and efficient.

We have already noted that to ensure the successful implementation of the Guidelines is essential to break the huge psychological barrier resulting from a mentality rooted in habits and concepts of the past.

In this battle that must be waged, first pictures, it also progresses. This has contributed to the preparation and retraining system which is developed at the School of Tables of State and Government as well as in selected branches and Party schools in the provinces with the help of universities. Nearly 3700 top executives and executives of national and local graduates have studied Public Administration and Management and Business Management.
At the last meeting of the Cabinet preliminary figures Population and Housing Census, conducted between 15 and reported September 24, the processing to obtain the final results will take us until June of next year. This exercise, of enormous importance and usefulness for planning the long-term development was held in an atmosphere of organized and disciplined participation of our people, corresponding execution, among others, more than 60,000 young students and almost 12,000 teachers , who is just congratulate this Assembly.

We must also express a deserved recognition of all compatriots, especially to Santiago, Guantanamo and Holguin who were able to overcome the fury of Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath of eleven lives lost, partial or total destruction of tens of thousands of homes, serious damages to the electricity and communications and extensive damage to agricultural infrastructure.

The second largest city, the heroic Santiago de Cuba, received a direct hit from hurricane winds and destructive power of the sea in the early morning hours of October 25. Certainly the outlook was bleak, but overcome the initial bewilderment, with material support and solidarity of all Cubans recovery began in the three eastern provinces most affected task that will require years of hard work and effort.

In order to assist the affected population in restoring their homes, the revolutionary government decided to reclaim 50 percent in prices of construction materials, not excluding the subsidy, partial or total, for those with lower incomes or unable to work, as well as additional credit facilities were granted.

Sandy hurricane also caused heavy rains and floods in the central territory, affecting crops and road infrastructure.

Again, this bitter situation we lacked international solidarity, expressed in multiple ways and magnitudes, gesture by which, on behalf of the Cuban people and government, we transmit our profound gratitude.

As in 2008, when we hit three consecutive hurricanes, we were forced this year to postpone the implementation of the Strategic Exercise Bastion, in order to focus efforts on recovery efforts for damage caused by the latter atmospheric phenomenon. We plan to carry it out in November 2013 and the following be met at the 2016, 2020 returning from the practice of doing every four years.

I will now address some issues of international news.

In the same way that never renounce the defense of independence and self-determination, within weeks of the second term of President Barack Obama begins reiterate, once again, to the US authorities Cuba's willingness to respectful dialogue, based on sovereign equality on all bilateral issues, while still on the table our offers of cooperation on issues of common interest, without preconditions or prior gestures.

Remains an indispensable demand of our people who put an end to the long and unjust imprisonment of Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio and Fernando and the arbitrary separation of the Fatherland René and his family, after serving a long sentence.
A growing majority in American society and the Cuban emigration oppose the blockade. The almost unanimous, of the United Nations General Assembly, the international community through voting has already claiming 21 consecutive years end. The re-elected President has constitutional powers to take significant steps in this direction. Regardless of what happens, we will persist in our own way.

Last October were issued new immigration regulations and restrictions abolished or simplified procedures eliminated, without giving up the right to defend ourselves and protect our human resources. These changes have had a positive reception in the town and mostly by Cuban emigrants, who want to strengthen their ties with the homeland and family as opposed to the policies of hostility, insidious media campaigns and the encouragement of illegal and unsafe migration.
More Recently, the State Council decided to reduce the amount to pay for telephone calls between the two countries, which will also benefit the communication between the Cuban population and emigration. It is worth mentioning that this does not mean in the least renounce the claim for the return of stolen funds.

The next year Cuba will assume the presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC), done that, and a great honor, a great responsibility to which will devote greater efforts and energies.

Despite all the difficulties and dangers, "Our America" ​​persevere in their goals of independence, sovereignty, development and integration; knowing that without social justice and a more equitable distribution of wealth would not be possible.

At the same time, we continue to provide prudent and discreet way, full support for the peace process in Colombia.

Amid growing threats to world peace, arising from the interventionist and aggressive NATO doctrine, he was encouraging and courageous decision of the United Nations General Assembly as an observer to accept the State of Palestine. The brutal retaliation of the Israeli government, in clear violation of UN resolutions, should be strongly condemned by the international community.

The Bolivarian Revolution has fought an extraordinary battle this year against the machinations of the oligarchy and campaigns. The historic victory of comrade Hugo Chavez in the recent presidential elections shows that a people, when you have strong reasons to defend, can not be wide of the sovereign who has freely chosen path.

With respect and admiration excited, our people heard, last Saturday, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias partner, announce the need to submit to a new surgery. It was extraordinary fortitude and courage with which he spoke. Its recognized honesty and truthfulness that always characterize it, was shocking, and the strength, depth, vision and selflessness of his argument.

At this crucial for Venezuela and for "Our America" ​​hour, we will, as always, with President Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution that he leads by order of a people united and collectively embodies revolutionary ideals.

Chavez, brother of our struggle, we reaffirm all our affection and solidarity and wish that, as in previous ones, emerge strengthened from this new evidence together to celebrate victory in the regional elections on 16 December and the battles we the future holds.

Finally, comrades, we separated a few days before the start of the 55th year of the Revolution, which will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks. With the same decisiveness and firmness of the Centennial Generation, we face the challenges of the future, because as Fidel said, if that day were a handful of men, today we are an entire people conquering the future.

Congratulations to all,

Thank you.

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The wanton destruction of the environment
By: Fidel Castro Ruz
Published in: Environment and climate change
In this article: Climate Change , Cuba , Fidel Castro Ruz
December 15, 2008
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Can the capitalist society avoid it? The news on the subject are not encouraging. In Poznan the project to be presented in December next year in Copenhagen, which will discuss and approve the agreement to replace the Kyoto analyzed.

The Commission chaired its preparation is directed by Al Gore, former presidential candidate of the United States, who was fraudulently defeated by Bush in the elections of 2001. Those who are drafting pinning all their hopes on Barack Obama as if he could change the course of history.

An enlightening example comes from Canada.

An article by BBC World entitled "Canada's Black Gold Oil Rush" points out that "the area being mined is 420 km², but the Alberta government has leased to oil companies is 65 000 km². The area of ​​exploitable reserves is 140 000 sq km, roughly the size of Florida.

"From the air, the strip mines have transformed the forest into a moonscape of craters and lakes, with smoke stacks, creating huge clouds in the atmosphere. All this happens in a remote region of Alberta. "

Elsewhere, the article continues: "... the main players at the moment are Suncor, Syncrude and a consortium led by Shell, but there are more and more foreign investors interested in entering the business."

"... The lack of response from the government means it has not done enough to counter the effects on the environment."

"... The Alberta Cancer Board is scheduled to release a report on the subject earlier this year; 500 ducks came to a tailings pond run by Syncrude died ... The government opened an investigation. Whatever the outcome of these investigations, it seems that opposition to the exploitation of the oil sands is quickening. "

El Pais, the Spanish newspaper, reports that "... estimates agency of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) take as a starting point the IMF forecasts, which point to a gradual recovery of the global economy in the second half of 2009, when world oil production will reach 86.3 million barrels a day. "

The same Spanish newspaper announces that "the director of the Department of Climate Change of China wants to state very clearly that Beijing would only limit its emissions in exchange for lots of investments and patents for clean technologies. His signature is indispensable so that all 187 countries gathered at the Polish city could move to a protocol that could replace that of 1997. Obama delayed 20 years the fight against climate change. "

Another cable from Notimex, dated December 13, explains that "... the colossal fraud in Wall Street carried out by the former head of the firm Nasdaq, Bernard L. Madoff, cause huge losses in Spain", as noted today the Expansion newspaper, specialized in economic issues.

"... This Friday, one of the biggest scandals in Wall Street" - continues the cable? "It was revealed later that arrested the former head of the firm Nasdaq, Bernard L. Madoff, for participating in a fraud with an investment fund that can reach 50 billion dollars."

"... Madoff, ex founding president of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested Thursday evening after his own son reported to the federal authorities that his father had what he described as 'huge pyramidal fraud'.

"... Under this scheme, only the first investors would obtain dividends from their investments, leaving the rest with losses that, according to the US Attorney's Office in New York, could attain that figure."

Another dispatch from Reuters, of the same date, quote: "... President-elect Barack Obama is considering a plan to revive the country's economy that could be worth much higher than previous estimates ... he said on Saturday The Wall Street Journal.

"... Obama aides, who until two weeks ago were considering a package of 500 billion dollars, now consider $ 600 billion (a year) for two years 'estimates in the very low range' of what is needed, the newspaper reported.

"... The size of the stimulus would be a trillion dollars over that period, given the deteriorating economy.

"... Officials with Obama's camp have declined to press articles speculating on the size of the boost that the Democrat will launch once the January 20 assumes the presidency of the United States."

The picture looks even worse when the news by several press agencies reporting all sorts of problems ranging from the bankruptcy of the automotive industry resulting from the financial crisis, to natural disasters, including the increasing cost of food, hunger, war and many other facts.

The problem is that there is no longer habitable space on our planet to deal. The last was Australia, which the United Kingdom took the January 19, 1788.

The environment is a long time since committed. Could our species surmount that barrier?

Fidel Castro Ruz

December 15, 2008

http://www.cubadebate.cu/reflexiones-fidel/2008/12/15/injustificable-destruccion-medio-ambiente/#.VnA0bEorLIU

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This time, farce comes first.

So another toothless climate agreement has been signed. It might have amounted to a little something but the US prevented that in the nick of time, changing the wording which had somehow, inexplictably, made the stated goals legally binding to the mushy 'should', as useful as a sack of wet, dead rats.

All nations want to seriously address the coming climate clusterfuck, but some nations are more serious than others. The US is not at all serious, the insistance on intention in place of binding requirements says it all. For the US this is nothing but a PR exercise, a placebo for enviros. Otherwise it is bidness as usual, the pursuit of competitive advantage, monopoly, imperialism. And so it goes, for despite the fine work and serious concerns of so many countries the guys with the money ain't getting off of it for some scheme which might erode their advantage, you never heard of 'due diligence'?

It's the capitalism which prevents any serious addressing of climate issues. Above and beyond any technical roadblocks which might be encountered the power of money, the anarchistic chaos of the market ensures that no concerted marshalling of human resources ever be devoted to such a non-profitable use. While we might speculate that some great consentrations of wealth are even now laying plans to profit from this civilizational tragedy most just plod on, quarter to quarter, barely raising their eyes above the company books. Capitalist society is constitutionally incapable of addressing anything besides profits.

The only way to address the myriad climate and ecological problems which if not caused by capitalism have certainly been aggravated by capitalism is a managed, centralized economy. The prolifigate waste of the market system in a industrial society is killing us. The mal-distribution of goods & services immiserizes billions, engendering even more waste as sub-optimal bandaids are applied in the hope of mere survival. Pursuit of profit guarantees that the world's oceans are stripmined of fish and used as a cesspool. Likewise rising temperature and sea level, polluted surface and ground water and a crash in biodiversity of geological proportions are inevitable until meeting human need becomes the purpose of society. Hopefully we will not be too late to stave off the worst of this, but time's a wasting.


Socialism now, socialism for justice and survival.