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Two Worlds Collide at Cancun Climate Talks

Posted 29 October 2010 | By | Categories: Citizen Action, Climate Change, Food Politics, Indigenous People, Integration & Trade, Mexico & Border, Regular Columnists | No Comments

The debate over climate change generally transpires within the cloistered confines of expensive hotels, executive boardrooms, and diplomatic halls. As seen in the failure to arrive at binding agreements in Copenhagen, the talks are generally as sterile as the surroundings. Now, all signs point to another high-level fiasco at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16), to be held Nov.29-Dec. 10 in the beach resort town of Cancun, Mexico.