Articles by Claudia Ciobanu
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G77 Walk-out at COP19 as Rich Countries Use Delaying Tactics
Claudia Ciobanu, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
The G77+China group of 133 developing countries negotiating a new international deal at COP19 in Warsaw to combat climate change walked out of the talks in the wee hours of Wednesday morning [29 Nov 2013] to protest developed countries’ reluctance to commit to loss and damage.
→ read full articleEurope: Citizen Rights Don’t Apply to Roma
Claudia Ciobanu – Inter Press Service-IPS,
16 Aug 2010
All major European countries plan mass expulsions of Roma or demolitions of Roma settlements. Rights groups warn that these measures entail the criminalisation of an entire ethnic group, and break EU law.
→ read full articleBULGARIA: GOVT. FORCED DOWN ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
Claudia Ciobanu – TerraViva Europe,
23 Feb 2010
Campaigning by environmental groups and the general public has weakened the determination of the Bulgarian government to allow the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in this country. In January 2010, the Bulgarian parliament voted, on a first reading, legislation allowing the release of GM organisms into the environment. But as the law awaited final […]
→ read full articleEASTERN EUROPE: FAIR TRADE TAKES OFF
Claudia Ciobanu,
3 Oct 2009
Fair trade is becoming popular in Central and Eastern Europe, as activist groups raise awareness of the region’s responsibility towards the rest of the world, and open an increasing number of fair trade shops and cafes. "Central and Eastern Europe is not used to think of itself as belonging to ‘the developed part of the […]
→ read full articleDEVELOPMENT: ‘TIME TO DE-GROW’
Claudia Ciobanu,
4 Aug 2009
Serge Latouche, professor emeritus of economic science at the University of Paris-Sud, is one of the main proponents of "the society of de-growth". He calls for "abandoning the objective of growth for growth’s sake, an insane objective, with disastrous consequences for the environment." The need for a ‘de-growth’ society stems from the certainty, he says, […]
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