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Climate change
The political economy of carbon markets
Carbon trading, also known as the cap and trade system, was introduced in the Kyoto negotiations as a mechanism for regulating carbon emissions mainly to please the United States. A new book looks into the political economy of carbon markets presenting a number of alternatives to live in real low-carbon futures.
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NEWS
Selected news
Civil Society Statement concerning Beijing +15 process review
Wed Mar 17 2010 -
The official Declaration appears to overstate the progress made, and to ignore the slow and partial nature of implementation. It underestimates the degree and types of challenges that remain for women in their multiple identities, including the persistence of all forms of violence. Pdf format.
Haiti NGO letter on human rights and international assistance
Tue Mar 16 2010 - Source: ESCR-net
A joint NGO letter calls on governments to adopt a human rights-based approach for all assistance to Haiti. The message will be delivered to donor states, IFIs, and the Office of the UN Special Envoy to Haiti on March 17th, two weeks before the Donors' Conference at the UN.
Using video to stop violence
Tue Mar 16 2010 - Source: WITNESS
These set of videos produced by different organizations expose, document, and strengthen the call for an end to violence against women and girls.
CAMPAIGNS
End evictions in Mali
Helping Chile

Beijing +15 - Fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action
Putting gender economics at the forefront
It is time to put an end to the gender blindness of current economic policies concludes a new occasional paper by the international civil society network Social Watch entitled “Putting gender economics at the forefront. 15 years after the IV World Conference on Women”. The publication is launched March 9 2010 in New York to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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Economic, social and cultural rights - ESCR
Bringing human rights to bear in times of crisis
The report "Bringing Human Rights to Bear in Times of Crisis: A human rights analysis of government responses to the economic crisis" aims to deepen our understanding of how governments have conducted themselves and how effective economic policies have been in defending and strengthening the enjoyment of human rights in a time of multiple and interlocking social and economic crises.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Getting away with murder
On January 19 Israel's international secret police, the Mossad, sent an eighteen member death squad to Dubai using fake European passports, in order to assassinate the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud al Mabhouh. International media and diplomatic circles are buzzing with stories and theories about how the Israelis planned the whole thing and executed with professional precision. The question is how long will Israel get away with murder? And how long will its Western friends and allies protect it?
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