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Rod Harbinson
Rod Harbinson focuses on information and communication issues around climate change, agricultural biotechnology and natural resource management. He has been involved in the UN climate change process since its first Conference of the Parties in 1995, organising events, contributing articles and writing policy papers to help bring these issues to the wider world.
Posts by Rod Harbinson
People’s march hits ring of steel
2 commentsMarchers from the people’s Global Forum took their protest to the streets of Cancun, Tuesday. They proceeded for 9km down the main highway towards the Summit centre before being halted by a steel barrier erected by several thousand Mexican riot police.
»Peasants caravan comes to Cancun
No commentsPeasants movement ‘La Via Campesina’ marches on Cancun having converged from far and wide to bring their concerns about land, livelihoods and forests to the climate talks in Mexico, December 2010.
»The chewing gum forest
No commentsThe people of San Antonio Tuk community in Yucatán Peninsula, southeastern Mexico, gather tree sap used to produce chewing gum.
»China plays broker for a deal
No commentsWith time running out on the Copenhagen climate talks the Chinese delegation appears to be softening its line. In a working lunch with Bangladesh, the Maldives, Ethiopia and Sudan, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, said that talks were at a very critical moment.
»CCMP press release 2009
1 commentThe Climate Change Media Partnership has chosen the winners of its 2009 Fellowship programme. The 40 outstanding journalists from 26 developing nations faced stiff competition from a field of 600 applicants. The international selection panel of CCMP staff from Internews, Panos the International Institute for Environment and Development, engaged advice from media editors and regional associations.
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