Recent Posts by Alfredo Acedo
People’s Proposals in the Global Village

At the Global Village of Alternatives, dozens of grassroots organizations from countries all around the world present their arguments for stronger efforts to stop climate change and offer ground-up solutions based on traditional knowledge and new technologies.
Written on December 15, 2015 at 4:15 pm
Categories: Food Sovereignty, Land and Territory, The COP Chronicles
“The Paris Accords Will Cause the Planet to Burn”

The Paris agreement, according to Pablo Solón, a veteran of climate negotiations, “will be an agreement that will burn up the planet.”
Written on December 7, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Categories: Food Sovereignty, Land and Territory, The COP Chronicles
The Day Before COP21 in Paris

Paris seems ready to birth the historic agreement against global greenhouse emissions that cause climate change.
Written on December 1, 2015 at 4:55 pm
Categories: Democracy and Society, Land and Territory, The COP Chronicles
Tags: NORTH AMERICA
Challenges for COP21 and social movements

Global warming, probably the most serious existential threat facing the human species, is the byproduct of the industrial exploitation of fossil fuels. Increasing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have driven the world into a climate crisis in which our survival is questionable.
Written on November 3, 2015 at 1:19 pm
Categories: Land and Territory, social movements, The COP Chronicles
TPP, NAFTA Reloaded

The product of exclusive negotiations that took place behind closed doors, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represents the final sale of Mexico to the multinational corporations. In other words, a farewell to whatever national sovereignty still exists, and the elimination of any possibility of recuperating food sovereignty.
Written on October 16, 2015 at 10:28 am
Categories: Food Sovereignty, Land and Territory
Tags: Mexico; North America
Change the Military-Industrial Complex, Not the Climate

The military-industrial complex that holds power in the world is the principle levee holding back the currents that are trying to limit and eventually do away with our civilization’s addiction to fossil fuels.
Challenges of the COP21 Paris and Climate Movements

The debate is over. Now no one can deny that the world is growing warmer and that it is due to capitalist industrial activity. Or they could deny it, but without any supporting evidence in their favor.
Written on August 25, 2015 at 12:11 pm
Categories: Land and Territory, social movements, The COP Chronicles
Tags: Mexico; North America
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