London: Women from the Global South speak out about Climate Change

Estimates suggest that 85% of people who die from climate-related
disasters are women. It is also mostly women who carry water for
miles, who walk through floodwater to fetch food, and who fight for
their community's right for survival. Their experience, and their
wealth of organizing skills and achievements are rarely heard in London.

Meet grassroots women from
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· Bolivia: where giant US corporation Bechtel tried to monopolise the increasingly scarce water. The people threw them out!

· China: where hundreds of thousands are fighting to protect their land, air and water supplies from the devastating effects of rapid industrialization

· Guyana: where women forced down the prices of basic foodstuffs and successfully demanded food, sewage clean-up, and compensation after horrific flooding

· India: where women fought for resources to keep their families alive after floods, won compensation for widows and exposed discrimination against Dalit and Tribal people.

· Uganda: where they built a Women's Centre with their bare hands in a desertified area, started and maintained an orchard, won a water purifying system, and some free health care

· USA: where women of the American South organized community responses to Hurricane Katrina and the murderous racism that followed

Destructive Ice Storm Hits Oklahoma

A wintry mix, including a swath of freezing rain is spreading northeastward from Oklahoma and will overtake many areas in the central Mississippi and the Ohio Valley tonight and Tuesday.

A state of emergency was issued for all of Oklahoma Monday afternoon by Governor Brad Henry as freezing rain fell on much of the state with temperatures in the 20s.

Guyana tries to cash in on the CO2 scam

President Jagdeo has been one of the frontrunners in lobbying for the successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol to have a provision that adequately provides incentives for the preservation of rainforests.

The rainforest serves a vital role in the world in averting climate change and preserving biodiversity. But, according to the President, unfortunately, the services provided by the rainforests of the world are not remunerated, and this has to change for equality’s sake.
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During the launching, the Head of State pointed out that Guyana can earn between $4.3B and $23.4B depending on movement of commodity prices, with a most likely estimate of $5.8B as the country aggressively pursues economically rational land use opportunities.

If they cut their trees, we're told that Guyanese grandchildren will die a fiery death. Shouldn't that alone be incentive enough for Guyana not to cut the trees? Why should we need to sweeten the deal with billions of dollars of cash?