This past week The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) gathered together over 60 leaders from 33 different African countries for the Pan African Climate Justice Conference and Post-Copenhagen Dialogues. The three day conference on Climate Change was a follow-up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (aka COP15) held this past December in Copenhagen. The conference connected leaders from civil society and government to discuss Africa’s position in international climate negotiations and building stronger awareness of the impacts of climate change and climate policy on the …

African Parliamentarians and members of African Civil Society groups joined representatives from US civil rights and environmental justice NGOs, including ChecktheWeather co-founder Kari Fulton, at a press conference Thursday from the Cop15 in Copenhagen to make an urgent appeal to US President Barack Obama calling for leadership on the issue of climate justice. The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, an alliance of civil society organizations in 43 countries across Africa delivered an urgent appeal to Obama as he prepares to receive the Nobel Peace Prize tonight in Norway. The …

From a post by Naomi Klein on The Nation:
A video interview by The Uptake, with African poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey about Obama on climate.  Read Naomi Klein’s article about her discussion with Bassey here.

And tomorrow, African Parliamentarians and members of African Civil Society groups will be joined by representatives from US civil rights and environmental justice NGOs at a press conference in Copenhagen to make an urgent appeal to US President Barak Obama calling for leadership on the issue of climate justice. The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, an …

Almost 100 African youth and representatives from intergovernmental organizations stormed the halls of the Bella Center where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The youth chanted “1 degree now, 2 degrees suicide”. This was reportedly in response to one of the lead negotiators of the Group of 77 least developed nations (G77) Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping of Sudan walking into a meeting of non-governmental organizations from Africa crying. Di-Aping stated that the current state of the international negotiations would mean suicide for Africans. Checktheweather co-founder Kari Fulton reported …

Check this video out, Nia Robinson, Director of the Environmental Justice and Climate Change was able to go to South Africa to train youth activists as part of 350.org’s international campaign for real solutions to Climate Change. Read the article below to find out about Phil Aroneanu of 350.org’s experience on his trip to South Africa.
By Phil Aroneanu July, 24th on Itsgettinghotinhere.org
We came from throughout the continent and beyond — from fishing communities in Zanzibar to townships in South Africa, from villages in Zambia to teeming capital cities …