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The Environmental Justice Climate Change Initiative was founded in 2001 shortly after thousands of people from around the world gathered in The Hague, Germany for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 6th Conference of the Parties (COP6). During COP6, civil society groups coordinated the first Climate Justice summit as an official alternative forum to the COP6. Grassroots leaders shared stories of  the impact of Climate Change and offered community based solutions for adaptation and mitigation. Several conference participants from the United States were inspired by the emerging global call for Climate Justice and saw the real need to develop a domestic counterpart. In April 2001, these participants founded The Environmental Justice Climate Change Initiative as a project of Redefining Progress, a California based Environmental Policy organization. Over the past ten years the EJCC has emerged as a lead United States voice for justice and equity in domestic and international Climate Change conversations.

Durban Download: Report Back From UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa

Don’t miss this compelling debrief and deconstruction of the recent UN Climate talks in Durban.

photo courtesy of Global Justice Ecology Project

On Thursday, January 19, 2012 EJCC Interim-Director Kari Fulton will participate in an engaging panel discussion on the UN climate summit held in Durban, South Africa this past December. While some are touting the outcome of the negotiations as a success, others have raised serious concerns about a lack of urgency and equity in tackling the climate crisis. Panelists will give their perspectives on what was won and lost for people and the planet.

Panelists include:

• Bob Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council
• Kari Fulton, acting director of the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
• Janet Redman, co-director of IPS’s Sustainable Energy & Economy Network

When: Thursday January 19, 2012 6-7:30pm

Where: Institute For Policy Studies Conference Room

1112 16th St. NW Washington, DC Suite 600.

This discussion will be  live-streamed starting at 6pm via this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-at-ips

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