At Durban Summit, Leading African Activist Calls U.S. Emissions Stance "A Death Sentence for Africa"

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Thousands of people marched on the streets of Durban on the 3rd day of December, marking the Global Day of Action for climate action.

The action was carried out by Environmental Activists, social movements, Rights groups and citizens from around the world. The march covered a distance of close to 7 km and passed by  the International  Conference Centre where close to 200 nations are deliberating on efforts to fight climate change at COP17. They demanded that these negotiators at the UN climate change conference take serious the issues on climate change that is affecting the world already.

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Google Earth Tour Reveals How a Global Dam Boom Could Worsen the Climate Crisis

International Rivers and Friends of the Earth International have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, winner of the prestigious Right Livelihood Award. The production was launched on the first day of the COP 17 climate meeting in Durban. The video and tour allow viewers to explore why dams are not the right answer to climate change, by learning about topics such as reservoir emissions, dam safety, and adaptation while visiting real case studies in Africa, the Himalayas and the Amazon.

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In continuation of the engagement of journalists on environmental reporting, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) organised the sixth in its series of training for journalists on environmental reporting funded by VIKES the Finnish Foundation on Media Communication and Development.

The event drew attendance of 13 journalists from both electronic and print media organisations in Enugu State and was facilitated by a team of renowned journalists and environmentalists.

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As the world prepares for Rio+20 summit coming up in June 2012, civil society groups in Nigeria met with government and other interest groups to critically review the stakes.
One of the major outcomes of the Nigerian Major Groups recommendation is that the concept of green economy should not replace sustainable development and advocated for social equity, economic sufficiency as a framework within which to pursue more sustainable production and consumption patterns.

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