energy transition

Línea de alta tensión sobre un pueblo wayuu, La Guajira. Pablo CastañoPablo Castaño
Línea de alta tensión sobre un pueblo wayuu, La Guajira.
Pablo Castaño
Las políticas verdes fueron la gran asignatura pendiente de la ola progresista que gobernó buena parte de América Latina durante la primera década y media del siglo XXI, mientras que ahora Gustavo Petro ha colocado el ecologismo en el centro de su proyecto político para Colombia. Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Lula da Silva, Néstor Kirchner y Cristina Fernández, José Mujica… todos ellos se encontraron con economías poscoloniales donde el extractivismo era una de las principales fuentes de ...
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Time to go beyond gas!

Food & Water Europe
Conference "Global gas lock-in: linking North-South resistance" - Video and picture galleryLocal activists and NGOs who are fighting against gas projects all around the world came together at a large international conference in Brussels which took place from 21 to 23 September 2017. Under the headline "Global gas lock-in: linking North-South resistance", participants took part in different activities aiming at building and strengthening a global network to fight against extraction, pipelines, LNG Terminals and to phase out all fossil fuels. More information, the ...
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Progressive social and political forces discussed the issues of a new industrial strategy for EuropeThis conference, a joint initiative of transform! europe, the Nicos Poulantzas Institute and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels office, brought trade unionists, researchers, politicians and representatives of NGOs together in Brussels (19 and 20 June 2017) to tackle the issues of a new industrial strategy for Europe could help us find a new path for Europe. This strategy should be based on the following principles: a truly progressive ...
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Just Transition

Conference organised by the Delegation DIE LINKE. in the European Parliament and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels, in cooperation with Transform!A socially just energy transition can only be achieved together. To form this common ground, to exchange different experiences and to hold strategic discussions, it was for these reasons that representatives of European trade union federations, NGOs, think tanks, the climate movement, the scientific sector, and politicians of different levels met at the invitation of the GUE/NGL Group in the European Parliament, the Rosa Luxembourg ...
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Why the world needs to go renewable and how this can workThe impact of methane on the climate, possible consequences of fracking on Aquifer systems and strong civil society movements who are resisting the extraction of fossil fuels. Here is why the world needs to go renewable immediately and how this can work. We have interviewed the following speakers for this video: Robert HowarthCornell University, New York, Board of Directors for Food & Water WatchLorena RiffoTierra para Vivir, Universidad National de Comahue, ArgentinaHamza ...
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