The Guardian: COP21 climate marches in Paris not authorised following attacks
French government says demonstrations in closed spaces can go ahead but not those in public places
Published by The Guardian | By Ben Quinn
Major marches which had been planned to coincide with the COP21 international climate talks in Paris will not be authorised for security reasons, the French government has said.
Environmental activists – who had expected attract hundreds of thousands…
Cindy Wiesner in Origin Magazine’s Special Focus on Women in Climate: Solutions on the Road to Paris and Beyond
Check out It Takes Roots Delegate and National Coordinator of the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, share her opinion on the role of women of color in climate leadership: "We must look to the strategic leadership of women of color leading intersectional movements for our survival and building new alternative economic models based on an internationalist strategy ..." Read the full article
About the Delegation
It Takes Roots to Weather the Storm a delegation of over 100 leaders and organizers from US and Canadian grassroots and indigenous communities headed to the upcoming UNCOP21 in Paris. It Takes Roots joins together three powerful alliances of grassroots activists and frontline communities’ leaders: Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), and the Climate…
Ahead of Paris, Grassroots Activists Demand Real Change: “President Obama: Listen To The People, Not Polluters!”
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Ahead of Paris, Grassroots Activists Demand Real Change:
“President Obama: Listen To The People, Not Polluters!”
The Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) is excited to announce a delegation of 100 leaders and organizers from US and Canadian grassroots and indigenous…
Will the Paris Climate Talks Deliver the World We Need? Not likely.
Even as governments set climate targets, they're working hard to expand the extractive global economy with measures that could deepen the climate crisis.
By Janet Redman, November 12, 2015. Originally published on Foreign Policy in Focus.
We need to leave more than 80 percent of known oil, coal, and gas reserves in the ground to avoid triggering catastrophic climate change. That means shifting…
Indigenous Environmental Network Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Victory
By Dallas Goldtooth
"This is a climate justice victory. The northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline would not have been rejected this morning if it wasn't for the foundation that the environmental and climate justice movements have built over generations. And it would not have been rejected if it wasn't for those on the frontlines who fought back against the initial permitting process seven…
COP21 Delegation
WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE & THE PLANET
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and the It Takes Roots to Weather the Storm Delegation call on President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and US lead negotiator Todd Stern to make binding commitments in response to both science and the demands of frontline communities to:
Establish mandatory--not voluntary--emissions cuts at the…
Video: Voices of the People’s Climate March – Climate Justice Alliance
Grassroots Global Justice, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and the Climate Justice Alliance along with allies and friends mobilized in force to the streets of New York City on September 21, 2014 to demand Climate Action rooted in Justice for frontline communities across the U.S. and around the world. Seven frontline community members from across the U.S. and around the world spoke at the…