Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Brad Norton And Tiffanty Granath

Graffiti and Climate Change.



Along with the late October rains environmentalists Paraiso kiosks in collaboration with Environment at the University of Costa Rica made a mural to call attention to the importance of action against global warming with a duration of 10 hours and a team of 15 people including children and members of the organization is successfully concluded this work on one of the busiest streets of Paradise, combining street art with ecology is accomplished by calling the attention of all community, this action adds to a series of activities being developed for the dissemination and better understanding of this serious threat hangs over humanity


The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol emerged in the early 1990 as the international political mechanism to address the CC Then Governments of developed countries have implemented mechanisms for the "reduction" of greenhouse gases. These measures is most important feature carbon trading. That is, these plans are always crossed by a common axis, which is the commodification of climate and its impacts on the planet. We see more and more companies claim to be "clean" and give us all a market for "offsetting carbon dioxide emissions" mixed with the programs of "Corporate Social Responsibility" (sic). Generating a carbon market that even publicly traded, having serious impacts on human populations poor and discriminated against because these programs carbon emission reductions are focused on the implementation of monoculture tree plantations, oil palm and to generation biofuels.


Costa Rica
course is not far behind, with institutional projects such as "Peace with Nature", which many organizations and communities have denounced the government's double standard regarding environmental protection is concerned.

Costa Rica's role at the Conference of the Parties (COP 15, Copenhagen, Denmark) could be very questionable. Since slowly to expose the bad policies made by the State that are generated from this government influenced by the Entrepreneurs, the International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations, to the detriment of the quality of life for many rural communities.

This is reflected in the allocation of the former Minister Doubles as "climate ambassadors" who is responsible for "represent" as a country in international conferences on Climate CIMAT.

The role of Costa Rica at the Conference on Climate Change United Nations could be very questionable. Since slowly to expose the bad policies made by the State that are generated from this government influenced by the Entrepreneurs, the International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations, to the detriment of the quality of life for many rural communities.



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