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Copenhagen Summit

The UN Conference on Climate Change took place in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 December 2010. Debt activists from around the world were there calling on rich countries to pay their climate debt to developing world countries.  

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Copenhagen a 'shameful and monumental failure' 
Rich countries refused to accept responsibility for repaying their climate debt. The subsequent collapse of the Copenhagen Summit is devastating for developing countries. More >>

Read Nick Dearden's Article in the Guardian
Campaigners and developing countries have faced attempts to marginalise and silence their voices at the Copenhagen Summit. More >>

Read the JDC, WDM, Friends of the Earth Letter
Campaign groups protest about the lack of democracy at the summit. More >>

Read the Climate Justice Now Press Release
Protesters from across the world staged a lively demonstration to demand reparations from highly-industrialised countries for their climate debt and for the World Bank to stay out of climate finance. More >>

A Song for Copenhagen
Theo Bard is in Copenhagen to tell world leaders to pay their climate debt. He's using song to raise awareness, and his first one is here.

Bolivia's Lead Negotiator Asks us to Lobby for Justice  
Watch Bolivia's lead negotiator Angelica Navarro talking about what justice in Copenhagen means for the people of Bolivia. More >>

Bolivia compares Copenhagen negotiation to the Matrix
Bolivia is pushing for rich country's to pay their climate debt. Here they report on the difficulty of getting a fair hearing in Copenhagen. More >>

The Climate Debt Crisis - new report
The 'climate aid' being offered by rich countries ahead of Copenhagen climate talks is 'grossly inadequate', and likely to increase third world debt, a new report from Jubilee Debt Campaign and the World Development Movement has found. More >>

Find out more about the Climate Debt campaign
We've got campaign materials and detaisl of our recent speaker tour, stunt, climate debt bus and much more.

Photo by Ben Powless: www.flickr.com/photos/powless/sets/72157622839366445/

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"There is no viable solution to climate change that is effective without being equitable... Any solution that does not ensure an equitable distribution of the earth's limited capacity to absorb greenhouse gases, as well as the costs of mitigating and adapting to climate change, is destined to fail."
Bolivian Government submission to the UN climate talks
 
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