Developing countries expressed deep dismay and sharp criticisms over a new draft text of a global climate deal presented on the final day of the Bonn climate talks by the Chair of the working group following up on the Bali Action Plan of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Africa is fast becoming the Promised Land for emerging powers –as in the cases of Brazil, China and India- trying to outcompete the old colonial powers in the scramble for the riches of this continent. A meeting organized by the Liberian Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) addressed natural resource extraction and community rights.

The first preparatory meeting (17-19 May) of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development saw lively debate and interactive exchanges between UN Member States, UN agencies and Major Groups on their understanding of what a “green economy” means in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Preparations began for a United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 to review the implementation progress and gaps of the historic outcomes of the 1992 "Rio de Janeiro Summit" on environment and development as well as other relevant UN meetings.

As 20,000 people from all parts of the world gathered in Bolivia to attend the People’s World Summit on Climate Change, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) launched a Coalition of Climate Communities in a side event during the summit.

The People's World Conference on Climate Change taking place in Bolivia opened with an assembly of social movements that highlighted the popular focus of the conference organized after the failure of governments and industries to negotiate a plan to stop climate change in Copenhagen last December.

In the wake of the failed UN Climate talks in Copenhagen and rich nations promoting the unwelcome 'Copenhagen Accord', the Bolivian government is convening the 'World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth' on April 19-22.

Bolivia will use its forthcoming international climate conference to highlight the unfairness of current climate negotiations and address critical issues that affect countries from the South.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to appoint a 19-member, all-male high-level advisory group on Climate Change Financing (CCF) has triggered strong protests from women's groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) outraged by the composition of the panel.

An alternative “people’s conference” on climate change in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in April will seek to advance an international global warming referendum.