Cochabamba Climate Summit

international | environment | other press Saturday April 24, 2010 17:29 by Oswald Bastable

The Cochabamba Climate Summit in Bolivia has closed with a call for rich countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and for the setting up of a court to punish climate crimes. President Evo Morales, who organised the gathering, also announced plans to mount a referendum of 2 billion people on solutions to the climate crisis within a year. Here are three articles about summit. Full text at links.

Cochabamba Summit Calls For International Climate Court
By Andres Schipani
Cochabamba conference closes with call for rich countries to halve greenhouse gas emissions and set up a court to punish climate crimes.
http://www.countercurrents.org/schipani230410.htm

Cochabamba Moots World Referendum On Climate Change
By Franz Chávez
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.
http://www.countercurrents.org/chavez230410.htm

A New Climate Movement In Bolivia
By Naomi Klein
Bolivia's climate summit has had moments of joy, levity and absurdity. Yet underneath it all, you can feel the emotion that provoked this gathering: rage against helplessness.
http://www.countercurrents.org/klein230410.htm