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.

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.

A world people's referendum on climate change will be held in April 2011 for the earth's peoples to decide how to address this global problem. This was one of the final resolutions Thursday at the close of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba.

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.

A dam being built in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State will displace more than 15,000 people, activists warn. Thousands will lose their livelihoods, including farming, fishing and non-timber forest product collection, the group claims.

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.

The Reclaiming Public Water Network held its first global strategy seminar since the network was launched in 2005. See the video debate amongst global social movement leaders as they assess progress and challenges in the dynamic international movement to reclaim public water.

The authorization of GM corn crops in Mexico and the attempt by the FAO to legitimize this practice are strongly questioned by tens of organizations meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, in the parallel activities to the FAO Conference.