Trump casts a shadow over COP22
If he wins the US presidency, Donald Trump casts a shadow over the Paris Climate Change Agreement that came into force last week – and the COP22 global warming summit now underway in Morocco. Trump’s promised to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement in his first 100 days in power. The 192 countries […]
Human rights spotlight on Morocco at COP 22
Morocco’s human rights record asunder spotlight with 197 delegations and more than 30 000 people gathered at the climate change Conference of Parties in Mararakesh. Over the next seven days they’re bent on setting up an action plan against global warming. Nationwide protests continue in Morocco following the death in a trash compacter of fishmonger […]
COP22 concentrates on fighting climate change for Africa
The climate change summit underway in Morocco won’t have the pizazz of gatherings in Durban and Paris that produced the international agreement limiting global warming to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels. It’s challenge will be to make the promises made at previous summits a reality. It’s common cause that of the poor countries most […]