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In today's analysis section, further questions are raised about who should be funding the majority of global climate change costs, as rich countries insist that developing countries ought to pay a full share of the costs of mitigating climate change. Finally, in features, an indigenous group in Nepal suffered through years of indentured servitude and economic and social isolation, but is now sowing seeds of hope through youth education programs.
African countries at the UN climate change conference in Indonesia today gave a bleak view of the talks, which have only two days in which to complete agreement.
From:
OneWorld UK
An estimated 600,000 Somalis have been forced out of their homes in Mogadishu due to a recent resurgence in violence, intensifying the humanitarian crisis brought on by years of civil strife and natural disasters.
From:
United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: A child and her mother wait to receive food at a UN feeding center in the Southern Bakol Region of Somalia. © Derk Segaar/IRIN
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Peoples from all over the globe have taken part in the Solidarity Village for a Cool P***t initiative. Their aim? To build real answers to climate change and expose false solutions.
From:
Friends of the Earth International
Image: Climate injustice: the rich pollute; the poor pay the price
Shell, the oil company that recently trumpeted its commitment to a low carbon future by signing a pre-Bali conference communique, has quietly sold off most of its solar business.
From:
Guardian Unlimited
A large flag showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs was unfurled outside the Liaison Office of the Beijing government in Hong Kong by five Reporters Without Borders representatives, two days after members of the organisation were refused visas.
From:
Reporter Senza Frontiere
At the Bali climate conference, the truculent, rich 'uncles' at the p***tary feast -- Canada, Japan and the United States -- insist that the poor country 'cousins' ought to pay a full share of the costs of mitigating climate change.
From:
Inter Press Service
Image: Who pays the carbon bill?
Jonathan Power examines the failings of national income statistics in the United Kingdom.
From:
Transnational Foundation
Image: Jonathan Power
For the Tharu, a group of people native to southwestern Nepal, freedom from years of bonded labor initially meant being kicked out into a completely foreign society, forming small communities on marginal land, and falling deeper into poverty. Now, youth programs that promote education are empowering the Tharu's younger generations to repair the injustices and indignities of the preceding generations.
From:
Mercy Corps
Image: Tharu children, Nepal 2007. © Thatcher Cook / Mercy Corps
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