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Australian climate activist detained three weeks in Copenhagen gaol
Tags:Mon 4 Jan 10
Danish authorities are continuing to detain an Australian, Natasha Verco, for a fourth week since the Copenhagen climate conference. She is currently detained in the Vestre Faengsel prison, and will appear in court in Copenhagen on Monday January 4th 2010. Natasha was arrested on Sunday December 13th, three days before the major ‘Reclaim Power’ protest during the United Nations climate negotiations. She is being charged with “incitement” for her role in organising the climate justice protest.
Read moreStatement from Copenhagen climate detainees
Tags:Sun 3 Jan 10
We prefer to enter the space where the power is locked dancing and singing. We would have liked to do this at the Bella center, to disrupt the session in accord with hundreds of delegates. But we were, as always, violently hampered by the police. They arrested our bodies in an attempt to arrest our ideas. we risked our bodies, trying to protect them just by staying close to each other.
Read moreSend a letter to Danish and Australian authorities calling for the release of climate prisoners
Tags:Sun 3 Jan 10
See this page for a letter you can adapt and send, and also a letter from Federal Greens Senator to the Danish Consulate.
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NEW REPORT RELEASED: What a Scam! Australia’s REDD Offsets for Copenhagen
Wed 25 Nov 09
Today, Friends of the Earth Australia and AidWatch are releasing a joint report ‘What a Scam – Australia’s REDD Offsets for Copenhagen’, examining the Australian and Indonesian Governments’ program to create carbon ‘offsets’ from reduced deforestation. The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will allow 100% of Australian emissions reductions to be found offshore. Indonesia is the first target, with the AusAid funded Kalimantan Forests and Climate Project designed to establish reduced deforestation as an acceptable offset.
Read moreNow available for download: Climate Justice Kit!
Sun 25 Oct 09
Friends of the Earth Sydney Collective is proud to unveil our new Climate Justice Kit! We created it to be a resource for climate justice action – for people organising in their communities and in their workplaces. Download it by clicking through to this page, or from http://tiny.cc/JmgXh
Read moreAbout Friends of the Earth Sydney
Friends of the Earth Sydney is a community-based collective working for social and environmental justice. In 2009, we are campaigning against dangerous carbon offsetting projects and dodgy carbon trading schemes, standing up against the polluting coal industry and taking action for climate justice.
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