CDM
Victory and next steps on CDM
“No to dirty CDM” by Payal Parekh (in Spanish & English)
Unlike other UN Climate Conferences there have been very few creative actions; in large part due to the fact that actions are permitted in two small areas and UN police are harassing observers for handing out flyers!
Nevertheless there have been two great actions against dirty Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project types, incineration and coal. Yesterday, wastepickers that belong to the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) staged a vibrant action. Read more
“Cut out the middlemen, say waste pickers” (SOWETAN live)
“Wastepickers given the cold shoulder outside ICC” (The Mercury)
“Waste Pickers Clean Up Our Mess on the Ground and in the Air” (allAfrica.com)
Media Alert: Monday, Dec. 5 – Waste Pickers at COP17
Carta de Marlen Chacon, desde COP17 (Spanish and English)
Hoy al ser la una de tarde aqui en Durban, atuvimos en la reunion de la junta directiva del MDL, y varios de nosotros tuvimos intervención, desde ayer estuvimos trabajando mucho en como plantear nuestras preguntas ya que ellos argumentan cualquier cosa con tal de no dar una respuesta que los delate sobre lo que quieren seguir haciendo, para ellos solo sus proyectos tienen valides y…
False solutions to climate change – CDM incineration and landfill gas systems
Incinerators take recyclable materials such as paper and plastic to burn them and produce electricity. Landfill gas systems bury vegetables and kitchen waste, mixed with other kinds of waste, to produce methane and then electricity as well. In this way, these technologies actively compete with the valuable contribution of waste pickers to prevent catastrophic climate change as well as with general recycling programmes. Waste pickers and other recyclers offer much greater greenhouse gas reductions, especially when combined with biological treatment methods.