From November 30 to December 11 in Paris, the French capital, the UN Climate Change COP 21 will take place. There, negotiators from over 190 countries will try to reach a new global agreement to address climate change. At the same time, and perhaps more strongly than ever in the history of COPs, a French coalition of organizations and social movements, and most diverse groups from many parts of the world, will carry out various activities, protests, marches, and other actions to make the solutions and voices of the people heard.Thousands of activists are expected to arrive in Paris from the most diverse countries in the world. Real World Radio will be there for a special coverage of the two-week UN negotiations and the mobilization of the peoples of the world to demand climate justice.
9 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21
This was the name of a convergence assembly that took place on Tuesday in Paris, in the framework of the “Climate Action Zone”, where activities parallel to the UN COP 21 on climate change are taking place. Watch video
8 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21
“We know and we have been saying for months if not years that the Paris Agreement will not do anything to stop the climate crisis. That we know that our leaders are not accountable to the people, they are accountable to the polluters. And as a result we are going to come out of here with something that is going to fry the planet”. Watch video
8 December 2015 | Photo Galleries | Victims of climate change | UN Climate Change COP 21 | Financialization of nature
Real World Radio presents a photo gallery of the actions carried out by Friends of the Earth International groups and Young Friends of the Earth Europe inside Le Bourget, where the UN talks on climate change are taking place in Paris, France. See gallery
8 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21
“The Transnational Institute (TNI) is here primarily to be part of the strengthening of civil society and social movements' response to the climate crisis”, said Brid Brennan to Real World Radio at the UN COP 21 on climate change. Watch video
8 December 2015 | Interviews | UN Climate Change COP 21 | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
"We decided to come and defend the land, the territory and the bodies of women also here in Paris", said Peruvian feminist Rosa Guillen of the World March of Women in the framework of the activities parallel to the UN COP 21 on climate change. Read more
5 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21 | Land grabbing
Activists of WALHI – Friends of the Earth Indonesia held on Friday an action inside the official UN Climate Change COP negotiations in Paris, France, to expose the causes of the fires that have been hitting the Asian country in the past months. Watch video
3 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21
Friends of the Earth International´s Chair, Jagoda Munic, said in Paris that in order to face climate change it is necessary to tackle the root causes of this crisis and “that means a change of the economic system too”. Watch video
3 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21 | Monitoring transnationals | Pinocchio Awards 2015
US oil company Chevron, French energy company EDF and bank BNP-Paribas, also from France, were awarded on Thursday with the “Pinocchio Climate Awards” that “recognized” the role of companies that cause serious socio-environmental impacts in different parts of the world and undermine climate policies. Watch video
2 December 2015 | Interviews | Victims of climate change | UN Climate Change COP 21
Rose Elu came to the UN COP 21 on Climate Change, in Paris, France, from the top Western Islands of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of Australia. Together with the delegation of Friends of the Earth International in Paris, she warns about what the population of these islands is experiencing, affected by the rising sea level. Read more
2 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21
"We can´t think of tackling the climate crisis without radically changing the food production and consumption model", said on Wednesday Martin Drago, Friends of the Earth International´s Food Sovereignty program coordinator in an interview with Real World Radio. Watch video
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