CDM & Waste Press
Press Releases and articles regarding the CDM & Waste, Wastepickers campaign
CDM Case Studies: The Clean Development Mechanism in Solid
Waste Management
Case studies of the CDM's landfill and incinerator projects, which increase greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollution while displacing waste pickers' livelihoods.
Wastepickers Demand a Global Fund and Speak Out Against Incineration
Cancun, Mexico. December 2, 2010. The Global Alliance of Wastepickers and Allies, through its representatives from Latin America, South Africa, and India, is in Cancun to speak out against Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects that fund waste incinerators and landfills, causing the displacement of recyclers and their undeniable and historic contribution to greenhouse gas mitigation.
AFP: Waste pickers offer climate change solution
by Karl Malakunas (AFP), AFP
by Karl Malakunas (AFP), AFP
TIANJIN, China — Maya Khodave normally spends her days rummaging through rubbish dumps in a crowded Indian city but this week she is in China to offer herself as part of the solution to tackling global warming.
New York Times: Indian Scavengers Doing What Officials Can't
by Akash Kapur, New York Times
by Akash Kapur, New York Times
January 19, 2011. PONDICHERRY, INDIA — About a hundred kilometers up the road from this town, there is a popular picnic spot. It is set in a small forest of casuarina trees, with good views of the shimmering ocean. It could be a scenic spot, but there is a problem: virtually every square centimeter of the ground in that forest is littered with a confetti of plastic bags, discarded plates, bottle caps and other waste.
EU is investing in toxic waste projects in developing world, GAIA claims
by Les Roopanarine, The Guardian
May 16th, 2012
by Les Roopanarine, The Guardian
May 16th, 2012
The EU is threatening waste-pickers' livelihoods and backing projects that may actually increase emissions, says report
‘There is no planet B’
by Nnimmo Bassey, New Internationalist blog
December 5th, 2011
by Nnimmo Bassey, New Internationalist blog
December 5th, 2011
This weekend was abuzz with talks of a looming Durban Mandate that would be crystallised as one of the outcomes of the Climate talks. It was for precisely this reason that more than ten thousand people took to the streets of Durban to demonstrate civil society’s determination for a common goal: climate justice.
Durban Diary: #Occupy the COP
by Janet Redman, Common Dreams
by Janet Redman, Common Dreams
Like the economic crisis that sparked the Occupy movement, climate change is about inequality.
Chinese Environmental Groups Question CDM Application
Asia is seeing a rise in incinerator proposals with China leading the number of projects applying for funding under the Clean Development Mechanism. Proponents peddle projects as climate-friendly and sources of renewable energy, which environmental groups in China contest.
