Comment Global Nov-Dec 2008

December
*World faces huge challenge as global climate talks fizzle out, FoE, December 12 Friends of the Earth, December 12 topic
*Friends of the Earth welcomes EU agreement committing the bloc to securing 20 per cent of its energy needs from renewable energy sources by 2020, but disappointment at plans to increase the use of biofuels. December 9 Friends of the Earth, December 9 topic
*Not Just Peak Oil, But “Peak Hierarchy,” Too? December 4 onthecommons.org, Decmber 4 topic
*Governments must get serious about climate action, Greenpeace, December 1 Greenpeace, December 1 topic
November
*"The best mechanism to confront the challenge of climate change are not market mechanisms, but conscious, motivated, and well organized human beings endowed with an identity of their own." Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, November 28, 2008
*"In this negotiation process towards Copenhagen, it is fundamental to guarantee the participation of our people as active stakeholders at a national, regional and worldwide level, especially taking into account those sectors most affected, such as indigenous peoples who have always promoted the defense of Mother Earth." Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, November 28, 2008 topic, topic
*"...his (Obama's) only real hope in dealing with the tremendous challenges the country (world) faces will be to harness the collective ingenuity of citizens on a massive scale. In other words, he must enlist a level of participation in generating and acting on innovative solutions that has no obvious parallel in history." Anthony D. Williams, wikinomics, November 7 2008 / topic, topic
"President Obama now has an opportunity to invest in a Green New Deal, one in which billions of dollars and political capital are directed towards delivering low-carbon technologies that create jobs and slash emissions. Welcome back America." Greenpeace, November 5 Greenpeace, November 5 
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