G8 agreement on post-Kyoto global climate action fails to set clear targets Yesterday evening the leaders of the G8 in their Summit Declaration stated that they ”would seriously consider” the earlier decision made by the European Union to reduce global emissions by half by 2050. However, with no clear or binding targets set the declaration…

MEP Jens Holm, member of the Environment Committee and of the temporary committee on climate change, invites you to the GUE/NGL Annual Environment Conference: Climate Change and Developing Countries – Who pays the price? 14 June 2007, 09.30-18:30, ROOM  ASP1G3 Read the programme:  Climate Change and Dev Countr Programme.doc The world’s poorest nations are the first…

Today Center for Constitutional Rights, CCR, with other five other leading human rights organizations, released a groundbreaking report on CIA secret detention programs and filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court demanding the disclosure of information concerning “disappeared” detainees, including “ghost” detainees and unregistered prisoners. Indeed a great initiative! I really hope this will lead…

Launch of new report, Wednesday 13 June 11.00, European Parliament: Meat production destroys the climate more than transport Meat production causes 18 per cent of global greenhouse gas releases, which means that the meat industry is destroying the climate more than global road transport. At the same time the European Union continues to raise its…