"People before Commodities" - IFOAM Side Event at the UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations in Bonn, Germany (AWG-KP 13 and AWG-LCA 11), that took place on Thursday, 5 August .

"We are often told that the poor are grateful for charity. Some of them are, no doubt, but the best amongst the poor are never grateful. They are ungrateful, discontented, disobedient, and rebellious"

Oscar Wilde

PARIS -- 3 June 2010 -- At a Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) event on fossil-fuel subsidies today at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) headquarters in Paris, New Zealand's Deputy High Commissioner to Australia, Vangelis Vitalis, speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, announced the formation of a new initiative, The Friends of Fossil-Fue

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The World Bank has now approved a controversial $3.75 billon loan to South Africa to help build a new coal-fired power plant in that country. The proposed Medupi Power Plant would be a 4,800 MW, super-critical facility located a few hours' drive north of Johannesburg, very close to the coal mines that will provide supply.

On April 7, 2009, dozens of activists in Washington DC joined with tens of thousands of concerned people around the world calling on the World Bank to reject the dirty loan, and to prevent catastrophic climate change while dealing ensuring decent lives for the poor of South Africa. Check out http://350.org for more info.

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