Day Two: REDD, Forests, & Local Communities
A daily breakdown: what is REDD? how might it affect local communities? what are grassroots groups doing? Get the skinny from Cancún.
Day One: Hope, Action at the Grassroots
Today launched the United Nations climate summit in Mexico. While the world needs decisive action, this two-week conference promises to produce much less.
COP16: Grassroots Voices in a Global Crisis
November 29th kicks off the two-week long 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Bolivian Climate Conference Opens Doors for Grassroots Voices
This ‘People’s’ Conference provides an opportunity to put civil society back into climate negotiations. Its outcomes—informed by representatives of indigenous peoples, rural villages, and coastal communities—will be powerful forces in re-shaping the climate change policy debate into one focused on the lives and lands at stake in a rapidly changing world.
Greengrants CEO Blogs about Opportunities in Climate Grantmaking
Terry Odendahl blogs about the importance of the grassroots movement in tackling climate change and the role of Greengrants and other funders in providing small grants to make a big difference.