March 1

-- NEW documents on The Corner House website --
all in the 'climate' section of 'documents'
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/document/index.shtml

Evidence is growing that the earth's climate could soon change abruptly
and drastically. Evidence is also growing that the "magic bullet" that
many governments hope will cut this risk -- carbon trading -- is failing.

Three articles now on The Corner House website present an alternative view
of last year's official
climate negotiations in Montreal and sketch some of the issues:

1) "To Keep the Oil Flowing: A Conversation on Carbon Trading"
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/pdf/document/CarbConv.pdf

This is a rough draft of one portion of a forthcoming special issue of
"Development Dialogue" and was distributed at the Montreal climate
conference. It describes in a "question-and-answer" format what is happening
on the ground as the fossil fuel economy sets up "carbon offset" and "carbon
saving" projects around the globe. The authors, many of whom are associated
with the Durban Group for Climate Justice, would welcome comments from
readers.

2) "Climate Talks in Montreal: Can We Save the Planet?"
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/summary.shtml?x=523750

This article by Brian Tokar that was published in the February 2006 issue of
the US "Z Magazine" describes the key issues of global climate change
discussed at last year's climate negotiations in Montreal.

3) "Climate Politics after Montreal: Time for a Change"
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/summary.shtml?x=523748

This article by Larry Lohmann (published in January 2006 by the US online
think-tank, Foreign Policy in Focus, and in another version by "Development
Today", Norway) argues that carbon markets are not helping to phase out
fossil fuels and are not therefore helping to tackle global warming.